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From: lawitzke@eecae.UUCP (John Lawitzke)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Leaving AT (really monitor) on
Message-ID: <1623@eecae.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Aug-87 10:50:50 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 12 10:50:50 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 14-Aug-87 05:40:14 EDT
Reply-To: lawitzke@eecae.ee.msu.edu (John Lawitzke)
Organization: Mich. State Univ., Elec. Eng. CAE Facility
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I, too, am a firm beliver in leaving my PC's on. The ones at work we
leave on constantly. We have a couple we've had for over three years 
and they're working as good as our newer ones. For my personal XT at
home, I leave it on constantly except for during thunderstorms or
when I know I'll be gone or not using it for a few days.

The thing I've always wondered about is monitors. I turned mine off 
when they won't be used for a few hours. I've looked at screen saver 
programs, BUT:

Most screen saver programs save the screen contents in memory and then
display a blank screen. So, the CRT is still powered up and all
the sweep circuit is still going. Therefore, my question is:

IS it better for the CRT to be left on constantly (as far as the cathode
and analog sweep circuitry) or to be turned on and off once a day?

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John H. Lawitzke                 UUCP: ...ihnp4!msudoc!eecae!lawitzke
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