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* adim.c play with autodim parameters * * NeXT Monochrome Monitors last about 2 years if left on all the time, NOT * real good. This may be do to burn in? If it is one would think that a * screen saver would help. Backspace is one of the nicest i have seen! * Backspace and all other screen savers that i have seen have one major * flaw, they can not dim the login screen! For some reason known only to * NeXT you can not set the time to dim or the brightness value for a dimmed * screen from the Preferences app. * * So i wrote adim. All adim does is set the time to delay before dimming the * screen and the brightness of the dimmed screen. This works great while * one is logged in. When you log out something resets both brightness and * time. Solution, run adim from cron every few minutes or use the -s * option and background adim. If you use the -s option a adim's process id * and a new line will be written to a file. /tmp/adim.pid is the default, * use the -f option to change. * * I think the NeXT is a good machine, something is very wrong with the design * of the monitor!!! A two year life expectancy sucks, my old AT&T 6300 * monitor lasted 6.5 years.
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