OS9 sleep and display questions

I'm running Mac OS 9.2.2 on a Beige G3 All-In-One.
I often conduct downloads of large files on the computer (mostly transferring old software from my iDisk), and it seems a waste that there isn't an option to easily turn off the screen.
If I put the system into sleep mode, I assume this will halt the download and break the ethernet connection, right?
And is there a system option, extension, or perhaps a 3rd party app that will allow me to manually sleep the display?

Hi, mohaas05 -
Check in the Energy Saver control panel.
If you do not see three sliders, click the "Show Details" button at the bottom. Then set the System and Hard Disk sliders to "never", and leave the Monitor slider set to your normal setting, probably 5 or 10 minutes or so.
This will allow the monitor to sleep without sleeping the computer (CPU) or drive - they can still function even when the monitor is sleeping.
If your machine is on a network, you may also need to tweak the settings in the Advanced tab of Energy Saver.
This arrangement also means a much faster wakeup from sleep.
You can still sleep everything, by selecting Sleep from the Special menu.

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