Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 31 Jul 2003 10:36:30 -0400 | From | Timothy Miller <> | Subject | Re: Turning off automatic screen clanking |
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Ville Herva wrote: > On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:17:15PM -0400, you [Zwane Mwaikambo] wrote:
> Most times when you need to have it fixed is when your box has mysteriously > locked up, and you'd wan't to know if there was a oops on the screen. No can > do - the console is already blanked. By then it is too late to fix it. > > In what cases is console blanking so hugely important these days, anyway?
Why don't we borrow a trick from my old Atari 8-bit computer. Instead of blanking, cycle the colors. Best of both worlds: You save your monitor AND you get to see what's on the screen.
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