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From: U27745@UICVM (Bob Johnson (312) 245-3532)
Newsgroups: comp.virus
Subject: Monitor destruction
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Date: 25 Aug 89 15:56:49 GMT
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I seem to recall that the the olp IBM PCs ( and clones )
with EGA cards were susceptable to this problem.  The cuase
was the ability to change the scan rate of a card ( and
thus the monitor ).  If the scan rate was too high the
flyback transformer in the monitor would over heat and catch
on fire.  I don't remember viruses doing this damage but rather
public domain games and the like.

  Bj  << u27745@uicvm.uic.edu >>