NAME

blanktime − sets the screen blanking timeout

SPECIFICATION

C
blanktime(nframes)
long nframes;

FORTRAN
subroutine blankt(nframes)
integer*4 nframes

Pascal
procedure blanktime(nframes: longint);

DESCRIPTION

The screen blanks (turns black) after the system receives no input for about 15 minutes.  This protects the color display.  blanktime changes the amount of time the system waits before blanking the screen.  It can also disable the screen blanking feature. 

nframes specifies the screen blanking timeout in frame times.  There are 67 frames per second; nframes is 67 times the number of seconds that the system waits before blanking the screen.  When nframes is 0, screen blanking is disabled. 

SEE ALSO

blanktime(1G)

Version 2.5  —  April 22, 1987