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- From: bms@penguin.eng.pyramid.com (Bruce Schlobohm)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Powerbook screen life
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- Date: 1 Sep 92 17:49:09 GMT
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- In article <parkyn.715325512@sfu.ca>, parkyn@fraser.sfu.ca (Dale Parkyn) writes:
- | Instead of worrying about brightness level try obtaining the 'Backlight Control' control panel from ftp.apple.com directory dts/util perhaps?
- | Purpose is to turn of the backlight after an interval of keyboard and mouse
- | inactivity. Interval is variable, mouse movement turns on light (probably
- | a key press does too.)
- |
- | I tried it. It works even though it's version 1.0a1 or so...
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- I just checked on ftp.apple.com, and couldn't find anything with
- an appropriate file name for this. (I also checked the dir-files* lists).
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- Could you be more specific as to the name of this file?
- It sounds like a very useful tool. Especially in light (sorry) of the
- recent postings in c.s.m.h on power consumption.
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- bruce schlobohm
- bms@pyramid.com
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