Keeping my Rainbow healthy

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3 total messages Started by George A. Theall Sat, 28 Nov 1987 22:46

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Author: George A. Theall
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1987 22:46

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Hello,

  Can anyone tell me whether leaving a Rainbow on all the time is
a bad idea? I've heard turning a machine on is the time when it's
most susceptible to damage, so I've been leaving mine on. Is this
likely to lead to problems later on? For instance, with the monitor
or the fan, which runs continually? With HISTORY installed, I don't
have to worry about images getting burned into my CRT, but is there
a chance of it losing its brightness? What's the word?

George

Re: Keeping my Rainbow healthy

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Author: Kurt L. Reisler
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1987 15:00

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In article <8711291625.AA06523@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> GTHEALL@PENNDRLN.BITNET (George A. Theall) writes:
>Hello,
>
>  Can anyone tell me whether leaving a Rainbow on all the time is
>a bad idea? I've heard turning a machine on is the time when it's
>most susceptible to damage, so I've been leaving mine on. Is this
>likely to lead to problems later on? For instance, with the monitor
>or the fan, which runs continually? With HISTORY installed, I don't
>have to worry about images getting burned into my CRT, but is there
>a chance of it losing its brightness? What's the word?
>
>George

Well, I have 2 Rainbows that are running as FidoNet nodes (109/74 and
109/483).  Neither of these is EVER turned off, except for periodic
maintenance (vacume the dust out) or irregular power failures.  The
Bear's Den (109/74) has been running at home for almost 3.5 years
without a problem.  However, I just had to replace the RX-50 controller,
but I think this was more due to old-age (it was a used machine 3+ years
ago) than being on continuously.

A question.  Since the screen on a Rainbow auto-blanks after 30 minutes
of inactivity, why does HISTORY solve any screen burn problems?

Re: Keeping my Rainbow healthy

#1248

Author: alan i. vymetalik
Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1987 03:49

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In article <672@hadron.UUCP> klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler) writes:
>In article <8711291625.AA06523@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> GTHEALL@PENNDRLN.BITNET
   (George A. Theall) writes:
>>                                   With HISTORY installed, I don't
>>have to worry about images getting burned into my CRT, but is there
>>a chance of it losing its brightness? What's the word?
>>
>>George
>
>A question.  Since the screen on a Rainbow auto-blanks after 30 minutes
>of inactivity, why does HISTORY solve any screen burn problems?

   One of HISTORY's features is to blank the screen within about 8 minutes
   instead of the normal 30 minutes.

   Just thought you'd all like to know...

   Alan

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