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From: walker@sas.UUCP (Doug Walker)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Intro and Leaving Amiga On (was : Amiga Modems)
Message-ID: <179@sas.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 25-Sep-86 14:09:44 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 25 14:09:44 1986
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References: <2222@gitpyr.UUCP> <170@sas.UUCP> <2254@gitpyr.UUCP> <6@ritcv.UUCP>
Distribution: net.micro.amiga
Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Cary, NC
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Keywords: hello CRT monitor
Summary: disk drive clicks?

In article <6@ritcv.UUCP>, new7582@ritcv.UUCP (Norman E. Wright) writes:
> > (is it better to leave Amigas on to reduce stress of power-on?)
> I think this is true. Thermal stress from turning components on and off
> can sometimes cause more wear and tear than leaving them on.
What about the constant clicking of an empty Amiga drive?  This can't be
good for the drive, can it?  And if you leave a dis IN the drive, it seems
to me that that would be worse. . .

> However, I also wonder about the crt.  Many of the junk and
> scrap electronic shops I visit have lots of monitors with burned
> in patterns from being left on too long.  Its probably a good
> idea to leave something running that changes the display

POPCLI is the best thing to leave running.  It will blank your display
completely after a specified timeout period.  BTW, POPCLI2 is available
from the Software Distillery BBS (919)471-6436 300/1200/2400 with source,
a workbench icon and enhancements.  You can now get rid of the CLI which
spawned POPCLI, for instance.  I'll try to get John Toebes to post it
to the net.