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  1. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!wupost!gumby!destroyer!ubc-cs!newsserver.sfu.ca!sfu.ca!parkyn
  3. From: parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn)
  4. Subject: Re: Powerbook screen life
  5. Message-ID: <parkyn.715325512@sfu.ca>
  6. Sender: news@sfu.ca
  7. Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
  8. References: <1992Aug27.210115.12784@Csli.Stanford.EDU> <l9r4u5INNe26@nada.cs.ut <1992Aug28.230133.28553@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Aug31.155531.1645@sunfs3.Camex.COM>
  9. Distribution: usa
  10. Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 05:31:52 GMT
  11. Lines: 10
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  13. Instead of worrying about brightness level try obtaining the 'Backlight Control' control panel from ftp.apple.com directory dts/util perhaps?
  14. Purpose is to turn of the backlight after an interval of keyboard and mouse 
  15. inactivity.  Interval is variable, mouse movement turns on light (probably
  16. a key press does too.)
  17.  
  18. I tried it.  It works even though it's version 1.0a1 or so...
  19.  
  20. Dale
  21. parkyn@sfu.ca
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