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- From: sbyrnes@rice.edu (Steven Byrnes)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
- Subject: Re: Superstitions: power cycling, screen savers, surge suppressors
- Message-ID: <By543o.16K@rice.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 23:04:35 GMT
- References: <By3EGq.Ko6@world.std.com> <By4JM8.HKA@NeoSoft.com>
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- Reply-To: sbyrnes@rice.edu (Steven Byrnes)
- Organization: Locutus
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- In-Reply-To: peter@NeoSoft.com's message of Sun, 22 Nov 1992 15:42:05 GMT
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- On Sun, 22 Nov 1992 15:42:05 GMT, Peter da Silva said:
-
- > I take it you've never used a monitor more than a few years old. I had an
- > ADM3A with ";login:" permanently burned into the phosphor, and we have a
- > bunch of monitors at work with ghostly images of login screens, editors,
- > and spreadsheets burned into the phosphor. That Emacs status line is very
- > distinctive.
-
- We have an "old" NeXT cube upstairs here that has the login box permanently
- burned into the screen. It's just barely visible, but you really notice it
- when you have a terminal, or other white window, open right over it.
- Pitty.
-
- Steven
-