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From: mjl@ut-emx.UUCP (Donald A Kassebaum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Leaving Computer On
Keywords: Amiga, Continuous, Turned on, Running
Message-ID: <11984@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 13 Apr 89 07:32:33 GMT
References: <7684@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Reply-To: mjl@emx.UUCP (Maurice LeBrun)
Organization: UTexas Computation Center, Austin, Texas
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In article <7684@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> rdnelson@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Roger D Nelson) writes:
>Standard apology for asking what may be an old question.
>
>What is the net's experience-based wisdom on the effect of leaving a
>micro-computer turned on?  [stuff deleted]

Leave them on all the time, BUT...

Make sure the video to your monitor is turned OFF, one way or the other.
If you rely on a screen blanker, beware what will happen given a power
failure (say, isn't that a picture of a hand that's burned into your
phosphor? :-).

Be sure your components are adequately ventilated.  Leaving them on
all the time may make quite a difference if they're running too hot
already.  ("Overheating" was implicated in the demise of my 1084
monitor.  The tech who performed the autopsy recommended the use of a
small fan [available @ Radio Shack] attached to the vent holes,
especially if you have it sitting in an enclosure).

Maurice LeBrun		      |   "So then I says to Borg, `You know,
Institute for Fusion Studies  |  as long as we're under siege, one of us
University of Texas at Austin |    oughta moon these Saxon dogs.'"
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