Macintosh Portable: Screen Dimming with System 7.0 on Network



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07/29/92 - REVIEWED
* For technical accuracy.


I cannot get my Macintosh Portable to dim its screen under System Software
7.0. No matter what the Macintosh Portable Control Panel settings are,
the screen never dims. The hard drive does spin down at the appropriate
time, however.

The reason the screen does not dim is because dimming of the screen will
disable your AppleTalk connection, so the decision was made for Macintosh
Portable computers connected to a LocalTalk network that the screen will
not dim even if the "sleep" timers expire.

If you are not connected to a LocalTalk network, make AppleTalk inactive,
and the screen will dim as you would normally expect. Of course, based on
the above information, if you are connected to a LocalTalk network you do
not want the screen to dim.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012