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Vintage Oddware: The Monitor Miser (www.youtube.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What is it? Not going to watch the video.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's an energy saving device from 1993 which connects inline with the monitor's power cord, and also inline with the keyboard. It cuts power to the monitor when no keyboard activity is detected for 10-42min (Adjustable with DIP switches)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Thanks! Definitely ahead of its time!

[–] JulesTheModest 4 points 5 months ago

I watched more of that video than I thought I would! I don't remember these at all (80s kid here). I think we got into the habit of just turning off our power hungry monitors all the time.