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From: spworley@athena.mit.edu (Spaceman Spiff)
Subject:Can I abuse my 3000? 
Message-ID: <1990Sep24.195238.21733@athena.mit.edu>
Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background)
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Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 90 19:52:38 GMT
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I have an A3000-25/50 and am curious about the (hardware) durability. Specifically,
I'd like to leave it on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Obviously, the monitor
will get a ghost image burnt in if I don't use a screen blanker, but is there any
danger to the 3000 or monitor otherwise? I did this with my A500 for a good 2 months
and had no problems, but I don't want to risk my new system.

Has anyone done this? If I do it, should I take any precautions? I'm planning to
leave it in an air conditioned room out of sunlight, so heat buildup hopefully won't
be a problem. 

BTW, I think leaving my 3000 on all the time will be GREAT- I can play some
fun sound samples (like explosions, etc) at 9:00 am to wake me up, have it
automatically make calls to FTP sites & see what new PD stuff is around, and 
ray-trace its heart out with whatever time it has left.

If you have any thoughts, experiences, or cautions, you can mail me or post-
I'm sure others are interested.

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Steve Worley                                           spworley@athena.mit.edu
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