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Article #4458Re: Monitor Damage by Programming (was Stupid programming errors)
From: David Gurr
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 1990 08:10
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 1990 08:10
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If my memory serves me right, the Hercules graphics card programming instructions used to warn programmers that incorrect programming of the card could cause damage to the monitor and/or the card. The Herc, of course, uses the 6845 ... I'd never heard of anyone actually screwing it up that well tho' ! :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Gurr ..!uunet!mcsun!ukc!slxsys!scol!davidgu Santa Cruz Operation Ltd. Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are those of the author's cat, not necessarily those of the author, and almost certainly NOT those of SCO Ltd. Miaouw. ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!ukc!pyrltd!scol!davidgu From: davidgu@scol.UUCP (David Gurr) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Monitor Damage by Programming (was Stupid programming errors) Keywords: First-Hand Experience Message-ID: <1730@cygnus.scol.UUCP> Date: 13 Sep 90 08:10:53 GMT References: <ben.2630@epmooch.UUCP> <3061.26e54065@cc.helsinki.fi> <7322@milton.u.washington.edu> <12727@asylum.SF.CA.US> <1990Sep12.221818 Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation Limited, London Lines: 16 Posted: Thu Sep 13 09:10:53 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit