Re: Stupid programming errors

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From: Michael GALOS
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 1990 06:32

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In article <3061.2...@cc.helsinki.fi> mnyk...@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>The original PC could control the voltage going to the monitor, I've
>heard, with similar results..
Actually, I seem to remember that the analog timing of the monochrome
and color displays was different and that forcing the wrong one caused
the flyback transformer to smoke out.

Then again, I don't know analog electronics, so take it with a lot of salt.


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Subject: Re: Stupid programming errors
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