lauren%RAND-UNIX@vortex.UUCP (03/13/84)
An additional note about leaving computer equipment running. The one exception to my "rule" that I normally practice involves CRT's. Personally, I prefer to turn them off when not in use. There are those who prefer to leave them on but blank the screen or turn the brightness all the way down to avoid phosphor burn, but that's a matter of personal preference, of course.... --- I'm still looking for the "right" monochrome/graphics board -- still without success. Man, but there's sure a lot of garbage out there. The one that looked the most promising, the STB Graphix Plus, turns out to be useless since (surprise!) the board will only allow graphics displays on the monochrome monitor if you are using a REAL IBM monochrome monitor -- forget it if you have an Amdek (as I do). The STB documentation never mentions this fact -- in fact they are unwilling to send you any documentation other than the little one page glossy blurb -- they claim they don't have anything else to send. It seems that they play games with the IBM display's sync rate -- sounds like a pretty bad idea given the sensitivity of that display. When I mentioned that they might cause damage to the IBM display, they responded with, "Oh yeah?" Sigh! --Lauren--