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- From: Mark.J..Sisson@p842.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mark J. Sisson)
- Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
- Path: sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: leaving macs running for extended periods
- Message-ID: <726523214.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 11:02:15 -0500
- Lines: 7
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- SK> I do the same thing, but I found a problem with a screen saver.
- SK> Sometimes After Dark puts the read/write head on the disk for no
- SK> apparrent reason except to load the animations. Seems kinda pointless.
- SK> It's bad enough that the thing is spinning 24 hours/day, but to have
- SK> it reading and writing when it doesn't need to? I just turn my screen
- SK> down or off. Just a thought.
- Or you could try the screen saver module called "Blank" which is aptly named.
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