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From: careyk@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Carey Kinoshita)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Software controlled screen brightness
Message-ID: <10211@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu>
Date: 8 Nov 90 07:06:02 GMT
References: <10195@milton.u.washington.edu> <77800055@m.cs.uiuc.edu> <35597@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <11145@goofy.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: careyk@uhccux.UUCP (Carey Kinoshita)
Organization: University of Hawaii
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In article <11145@goofy.Apple.COM> stanbach@Apple.COM (Francis Stanbach) writes:
>It turns out that the screen is not protected that much more
>by going from mostly dark to dark.
>
>Apple doesn't care what you use a 
>Macintosh for as long as you use one. :+)
>A Classic makes a great file server(shameless plug).
>

I think that the software controlled screen brightness is a benefit for
the Mac Class and not another attempt by Apple to save of manufacturing costs.
When I upgraded from a Mac 512KE to a Mac II, one of the features I like was 
the ability of screen savers to be able to dim the screen of the Apple Color 
RGB monitor.  Back on my Mac 512KE I used to have all kinds of problems with
screen savers bombing every so often.  Now, I don't have to worry about
my Macintosh crashing anytime the screen saver goes on.  And now Mac Classic
owner's don't have to worry, too.  

P.S.  I am currently using After Dark 2.0 and have no problem when using
the dimmer module to blank out my screen, but anytime I try to use one of
those fancy module's like Fish! my Mac II would bomb when coming out of 
the screen saver especially when running Word 4.0.
hadn't g