Remember when...

by rnixon

... computers had a power port on the back to plug the monitor into? It was a passthrough from the computer's power cord, and the monitor would turn on and off with the desktop.

I kinda miss that.

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ShanetheFreestyler

1 month ago

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Nowadays, most monitors will turn on and off automatically through CEC or something similar, but not always.

HighVoltage

1 month ago

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the practicality of it didn't last that long, what with more and more monitors now needed specialized power cords, here's looking at you barrel jack monitors >.>; but yeah, it was a nice feature while it lasted, stinks it didn't stay around that long.

rnixon

4 weeks, 1 day ago

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@ HighVoltage

It went away while CRTs were still the main monitor.

I think it was the ATX standard and the 'soft power switch' that did them in.

Lasted through the '80s and well into the '90s, though!