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Vintage Oddware: The Monitor Miser (www.youtube.com)
submitted 6 months ago by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
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[โ€“] hit_the_rails@reddthat.com 14 points 6 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)

[โ€“] Unabart@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 months ago

Thanks! Definitely ahead of its time!