Specifications

EPC-8 Hardware Reference
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The screen saver will cycle through all of the selected power saving modes one after
another until the maximum selected power saving mode has been reached. The
number of minutes that is specified for each level is the number of minutes after the
previous mode has been enabled. It is not the total time before entering that mode.
Please refer to your Windows User’s Guide for information on how to install screen
savers in Windows.
PM.EXE
VGA BIOS versions prior to v1.40 do not include the function calls required to fully
support the Display Power Management screen saver. To use these BIOS’s with
power management software requires that PM.EXE be executed before starting
Windows 3.1. To run PM.EXE type
C:\WINDOWS\PM
Where C:\WINDOWS is the directory where Windows 3.1 is installed on your
computer. For convenience, PM.EXE may be put into your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
Special considerations
Some of these power saving modes are intended for specific display types, so not all
of them are available on all video controllers. On some controllers, only the animated
logo will be available.
For the power saving modes to have any effect beyond just blanking the screen, the
monitor being used must have specific power saving features.
Note that if the screen saver is in any of the power saving modes, moving the
mouse will not wake it up. This is different from normal screen savers and is
used to keep the monitor from waking up because of accidents such as bumping
the desk that the computer is sitting on. This is especially important if the
password option is enabled, since once the password dialog box pops up, it stays
there until the user turns it off. This is a limitation of the Windows 3.1 screen
saver interface.
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