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From: ph@cci632.UUCP (Pete Hoch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Leaving your mac on (was Re: Mac as a telephone answering machine?)
Summary: Computer on all the time.
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Date: 13 Feb 90 17:43:06 GMT
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jdinkins@viper.calpoly.edu (Jeff Dinkins) writes:
 
>  Has anyone who leaves his mac(IIcx) on all the time ever bothered
> to figure out how much this costs in electricity a month?

I have a IIcx with the in-fa-mouse Quantum 80 Meg drive.  I also run
a Syquest (Micro Tech) unit and a CD-ROM drive.  All of these are
powered 24 hours a day.  I turn my monitor on and off as used.  From
my electric bill changes over the past 5 years I have estimated that
The setup uses $1 of electricity a day.  However I do not know what
my local rate is.

As a side note I have not had a single problem with my Quantum drive.
The CD-ROM on the other hand has been in for repairs three times.  The
last time they unpluged the fan and just last night it was not working
again. :-(

Also cover the floppy slot on your IIcx or you can destroy your FDHD.
Mine started to reject a lot of disks so I took it out and it looked
like fungus was growing in it.

Pete Hoch