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Re: Color station screen was turned OFF (but still power ON)? how and why?

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From: John McCracken
Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 19:29
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In article <5277@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU> bobcook@unixhub.SLAC.Stanford.EDU  
(Bob Cook) writes:
>
> Color stations have a separate power switch on the monitor.  So all he
> did was to turn off the monitor.  The CPU continues to run fine.  (We
> do it all the time.  You can just turn the monitor back on and everything
> will be fine.  (At least, if you've logged off before turning it off.  I
> don't know if everything would be fine if you were logged on at the time.))
>

It works whether or not you're logged on.


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From: john@nextdoor.com (John McCracken)
Subject: Re: Color station screen was turned OFF (but still power ON)? how and why?
Message-ID: <1992Aug23.192925.1153@nextdoor.com>
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