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

submitted 1 year ago by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to c/retrocomputing

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[–] Unabart 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is it? Not going to watch the video.

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[–] hit_the_rails@reddthat.com 14 points 1 year 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)

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[–] Unabart 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks! Definitely ahead of its time!

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