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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: <None>
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Date: 24 Sep 90 01:46:20 GMT
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In <25756.26fe3ea2@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, spworley@athena.mit.edu (Spaceman Spiff) writes:
>Subject:Can I abuse my 3000? 
>Message-ID: <1990Sep24.195238.21733@athena.mit.edu>
>Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
>Reply-To: spworley@athena.mit.edu (Spaceman Spiff)
>Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>Date: Mon, 24 Sep 90 19:52:38 GMT
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>I have an A3000-25/50 and am curious about the (hardware) durability. Specifically,
>I'd like to leave it on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Obviously, the monitor
>will get a ghost image burnt in if I don't use a screen blanker, but is there any
>danger to the 3000 or monitor otherwise? I did this with my A500 for a good 2 months
>and had no problems, but I don't want to risk my new system.

I never turn off my computers (well, I do when I take one to a club meeting,
but not for long.), and have never regretted it.  That includes my 3000.

-larry

--
It is not possible to both understand and appreciate Intel CPUs.
    -D.Wolfskill
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