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Blinken lights making a comeback

From	Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Blinken lights making a comeback
Date	2020-11-11 14:09 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<rohcsk$b64$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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Many years ago I posted here that I missed all the blinking lights on
computer consoles.

I'm trying to pick out a new desktop motherboard and I see that the
lights are back, in spades.

Not exactly blinking lights, but they are lights, they can blink, and
they can indicate system condition.

I want to put a new motherboard in my existing case which has a glass
side panel.  Most of the motherboards now come with RGB.  In short,
there are colored LEDs all around the board and the fans and they change
color under computer control.

For me, this seems pointless because the glass side of my case faces the
wall.  Plus, I have just the amount of lighting I want with my new RGB
keyboard.

So, I looked at a bunch of boards and found the MSI X570 PRO-A, no
lights but otherwise everything I wanted.  Today I'm reading the specs
and it doesn't appear to have any lights but there are multiple sockets
on the board to control RGB devices.

So, it looks like the blinking lights are back.

-- 
Dan Espen

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Blinken lights making a comeback Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-11 14:09 -0500
  Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-11 15:50 -0600
    Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-11 17:01 -0500
      Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-11-12 18:38 +0000
    Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Michael LeVine <mlevinespmfltr@redshift.com> - 2020-11-11 16:10 -0800
      Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Michael LeVine <mlevinespmfltr@redshift.com> - 2020-11-11 16:13 -0800
        Re: Blinken lights making a comeback J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-11 19:23 -0500
  Re: Blinken lights making a comeback drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2020-11-11 21:57 -0600
    Re: Blinken lights making a comeback J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-11 23:09 -0500
  Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2020-11-12 10:35 -0700
    Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-12 14:03 -0500
  Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-11-13 21:21 +0000
    Re: Blinken lights making a comeback J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-13 17:16 -0500
      Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Robert Netzlof <rnetzlof@gmail.com> - 2020-11-13 14:36 -0800
        Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2020-11-13 17:24 -0600
          Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-11-14 00:21 +0000
            Re: Blinken lights making a comeback J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-13 19:56 -0500
          National Lampoon on computers and electronics (was: Blinken lights making a comeback) Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-11-15 12:09 +0000
            Re: National Lampoon on computers and electronics (was: Blinken lights making a comeback) Michael LeVine <mlevinespmfltr@redshift.com> - 2020-11-15 04:17 -0800
            Re: National Lampoon on computers and electronics (was: Blinken lights making a comeback) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-11-15 18:03 +0000
              Re: National Lampoon on computers and electronics (was: Blinken lights making a comeback) Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-11-15 18:16 +0000
                Re: ancient computer humor, was National Lampoon lights making a comeback) John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2020-11-15 20:39 +0000
                Re: ancient computer humor, was National Lampoon lights making a comeback) Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-11-15 18:37 -0600
        Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2020-11-13 20:32 -0400
      Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-11-13 22:51 +0000
    Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-13 18:54 -0500
    Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-11-13 20:22 -0800
      Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-11-14 07:47 +0000
        Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-14 07:28 -0500
        Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-11-14 12:38 +0000
          Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-14 08:19 -0500
            Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-11-14 13:22 +0000
              Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-14 12:26 -0500
                Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-11-14 21:27 +0000
                Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-14 19:20 -0500
              Re: Blinken lights making a comeback J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-11-14 12:37 -0500
        Re: Blinken lights making a comeback JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-11-14 12:03 -0600
          Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-11-14 22:03 +0000
            Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2020-11-14 21:30 -0600
              Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-11-15 08:51 +0000
            Re: Blinken lights making a comeback JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-11-15 14:02 -0600
    Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2020-11-17 10:31 -0700
  Re: Blinken lights making a comeback "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-14 20:02 +0100
    Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-14 14:33 -0500
      Re: Blinken lights making a comeback "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-11-14 21:19 +0100
        Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2020-11-14 16:27 -0500
          Re: Blinken lights making a comeback Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-11-14 17:16 -0800
      Re: Blinken lights making a comeback scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-11-14 22:31 +0000

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