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From: trevor@telesoft.com (Trevor Bourget @lone)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Q: Switching off the Display without switching off the NeXT
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Date: 23 Apr 91 00:07:25 GMT
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In <1905a88d.ARN0152@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org> hwr@pilhuhn.ka.sub.org (Heiko W.Rupp) writes:

>Hi,
>when one has a NeXT running all day (e.g as a uucp-server) one doesen't
>want the Display on all day. Dimming it prevents the burn in on the screen,
>but the heating for the tube is still on and the monitor still consumes
>energy.

>Does someone has a solution for this e.g. with a add-on switch for the monitor
>or so ? Or is there a software-solution for that ?

This may not sound like an ideal solution, but I haven't seen any
original suggestions for this problem in a while, so I'll bite.
According to the documentation (Network and System Administration
Manual), if the monitor (and therefore the keyboard) is not plugged in
at boot time, the system will alternatively go to serial port 'A' to
use it as a console.  So presumably you could connect up an old
terminal to the serial port and boot your machine after unplugging the
monitor.  I haven't actually tried this, so don't sue me if it doesn't
work.

-- Trevor Bourget (trevor@telesoft.com or uunet!ucsd.edu!telesoft!trevor)

p.s. Come to think of it, this might be a way for those NeXTstation
color wannabees to buy their slab and sort of use it for a while until
they can get the cash to get a color monitor (no, Virginia, you can't
use the monochrome monitor; it's not the same cable).  It's not
NeXTStep, but at least it's UNIX.