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From: gefuchs@wotan.top.cis.syr.edu (Gill E. Fuchs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Request for Assistance
Keywords: Powering off equipment
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Date: 4 May 89 16:41:56 GMT
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In article <10161@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> ahr@bigburd.PRC.Unisys.COM (Allan Rabenau) writes:
>At a local installation, a directive has been published by the building
>facilities people stating that all equipment (Suns, PC's, terminals etc.) must
>be powered off when not in use.  I am aware of the fact that ........

Equipment like Sun workstations are designed to never be turned off.  Sure, you
could turn them off, but if you do, be prepared to wait for a l-o-n-g time when
you go to power up again.  At the office where I used to work, two Suns were
left on continuously, as were two LaserWriters.  The PC's and Macs were turned
off at the end of each day.