[geeks] CRT life with brightness at 0?

[james]

On Wed, 2005-01-05 at 14:05, Nathan Raymond wrote:
> Question for folks -
> 
> I've been thinking of using one my modified Mac SE/30 machines as a 24/7 
> home firewall, and I want to preserve the CRT as much as possible.  Of 
> course the computer pre-dates energy saver, so it is always on, but it has 
> a manual brightness control knob that can be turned all the way down. 
> Will that preserve the lifespan of the tube?  Will the phosphor life or 
> anything else be affected with the brightness set to 0?

Don't know - but replacing the tube is trivial and there is still a
ready supply of that style Mac around for nearly zero dollars.

Damn, now I want to go fire up my SE/30.