Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 06:35:56 10/24/99
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On October 24, 1999 at 06:50:18, Micheal Cummings wrote: >On October 24, 1999 at 05:53:10, Anatoli wrote: > >>Dear chess friends ! >>Many of you test differant chess programs days and nights. I just want to ask >>you a question- is it safe to leave your computors operating for days ? Today >>there was a terrible fire here in Melbourne and the faulty TV caused it. Of >>course you turn off the monitors when you away , but what about the unit ? It >>has just a small fan. So, can I go to my job and there will not be ANY problem >>with my computor ? >>Thanks >>Anatoli > >I work at a company that leaves the computers on all the time and even monitors >with their screen saver going on. There have been computer units that have been >on for over a year with no problems. Our company does too, but we have a huge (refrigerator sized) UPS from which most of the PCs in the company derive their power from. The UPS is a left-over from when we had a mini-computer. Your company may be doing something similar. > >My work computers have been on all the time. I played CM6K games on a computer >for 20 days without touching it. > >But I always turn the monitor off and always leave the unit on, It does taks >while I am not their during the night. At home, I have a small UPS.
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