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- From: sjk6119@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Sgt. Kleper)
- Subject: Re: leaving macs running for extended periods
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.203338.27149@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
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- Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 20:33:38 GMT
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- In article <726523214.AA00000@blkcat.UUCP>, Mark.J..Sisson@p842.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mark J. Sisson) writes:
- > 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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- There's still one problem. The monitor can get very hot, especially in a small
- room with the sun shining right on it.
-
- -Scott J. Kleper
- "Sgt. Kleper"
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