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From: skip@ubvax.UUCP (Stayton D Addison Jr)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: Hard disk shut-down (really terminal fires)
Message-ID: <572@ubvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 27-Oct-86 09:33:49 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 27 09:33:49 1986
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In article <302@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
> ...
>	Now for the real meat of this letter.  Its a darn good idea
>to turn the monitor off (ie. no 110v going in, not just the
>intensity down) while everyone is out of the office.  We have 50 or
> ... [stuff related to why one should turn off the monitor]

Even with the power switch turned off, several monitors still drain a few 
milliamps.  (Maybe for a cathode heater?)  It would seem wise to turn off
the power switch, but not the source of 110V power.  An example is the IBM
Color/Graphics Display.  

-- Skip Addison
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