Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!ucsd!pacbell.com!ames!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!argentina From: rankins@argentina (raymond r rankins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: TWGS NDA,etc... Message-ID: <10524@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 30 Jul 90 17:25:01 GMT References: <3460.apple.net2@pro-grouch> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: rankins@argentina (raymond r rankins) Organization: Replace me with your organization Lines: 25 In-reply-to: rond@pro-grouch.cts.com (Ron Dippold) In article <3460.apple.net2@pro-grouch>, rond@pro-grouch (Ron Dippold) writes: >In-Reply-To: message from pmcd@nexus.YorkU.CA > >> Also, would people recommend leaving the computer, the HD, but not >their >> monitor on all the time? I have a Conserver fan from AE. > >My Apple IIgs has been on ever since I got it, with brief power-downs every >now and then to do some hardware swapping, but generally, 24 hours a day for 4 >years. I've had TWGS ever since they came out and it has been on 24-hours a >day as well. No problems. > How much electricity does a IIGS and external HD use if left on all the time? I would prefer to leave mine on and just turn the monitor off, but my wife doesn't like that it "wastes" electricity. I had heard once that a personal computer uses about as much electricity as a light bulb. Can anyone confirm this? Ray Ray Rankins |(518) 387-7340 | INTERNET: rankins@argentina.crd.ge.com 2 Moonglow Rd. |(518) 583-3320 | COMPUSERVE: 71131,3236 Gansevoort, NY 12831 | | AmericaOnline: RayRankins