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Article #1641Screen saver benefits
From: jgp
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1987 04:03
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1987 04:03
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On terminals with a screen saver function (ie. screen goes blank after N minutes of inactivity) how much is being "saved"? Is it just to prevent the characters from burning into the phosphors or are large parts of the display circuitry turning themselves off (and presumable lengthening their lives)? Does just turning the brightness all the way down provide the same savings (modulo human fallibility)? Since this probably varies from brand to brand, I'm primarily interested in Wyse 50's and 60's. Thanks in advance for any light you can shed on this. -- Jim Prescott rochester!moscom!jgp
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