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.
Vintage Oddware: The Monitor Miser
Submitted 8 months ago by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C5sj9TSnl0
Unabart@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
What is it? Not going to watch the video.
hit_the_rails@reddthat.com 8 months ago
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)
Unabart@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
Thanks! Definitely ahead of its time!