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In article <60550@aurs01.UUCP> davisw@aurs01.uucp (Walt Davis) writes:
>
>After a long wait we were finally bequeathed a Radius Pivot gray-scale
>monitor for our poor MAC nSE/30 from our secretary who upgraded to a full
>two-page display.  The installation was trivial, however after power-up
>we noticed some strange artifacts at the bottom of the monitor
>(long-ways).  It wasn't until we blackened the entire screen that the
>mystery was solved.  It turns out that the famous After-Dark fish
>"screen-saver" had burned the ocean floor into the phosphor of our
>monitor.  Granted our secretary probably kept the monitor on for months
>with the fish scene "saving" the monitor every night, but when does a
>"screen-saver" turn malicious?  Any other persistent ocean floors out
>there?
>
>Walt Davis
>Alcatel Network Systems
>Raleigh, NC
>davisw%aurgate@mcnc.org


Walt, there is a warning in the After Dark Manual that says "You may 
  'Show sea floor' if you wish, however, if you leave it on for too long
  you won't be saving your screen."  In other words, you have the option
  on whether to turn on the sea floor or not.  Unfortunately, your secretary
  chose to leave it on, hence the burned-in image.
This is the only option I know on any screen saver that would leave a burned-
  in image on a monitor.  Hopefully, Berkeley will take the option out so
  that the "Fish!" module will truly be a "screen saver" in all respects.

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