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Re: Turn on the Monitor THEN the Computer

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From: David Gaudine
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 1996 00:00
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In article <52rf7j$584@newsflash.concordia.ca>,
Dana Echtner <dana@domingo.concordia.ca.concordia.ca> wrote:
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>	I don't know the answer (is there an answer?).  The only thing 
>that comes to mind is that unless you turn the montior on 1st and let it 
>warm up a little you'll miss the very 1st bit of the startup screen.  
>This is usually not important but the times you do *need* to see it you 
>pretty much have to turn on the monitor 1st.

With "energy-saving" monitors the sequence is a bit different;
- turn on monitor
- monitor shuts itself because there's no input signal
- turn on computer
- startup screen is presumably displayed, but you'll never know for sure
- monitor turns on
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From: david@donald.concordia.ca (David Gaudine)
Subject: Re: Turn on the Monitor THEN the Computer
Date: 1996/10/01
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