Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!mips!bridge2!3comvax!tymix!cirrusl!sunstorm!dhesi From: dhesi%cirrusl@oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com (Rahul Dhesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Wild claims about copy protection--true? Message-ID: <2637@cirrusl.UUCP> Date: 31 Oct 90 01:05:20 GMT References: <5946@nisca.ircc.ohio-state.edu> <8951@pitt.UUCP> <1990Oct28.023321.12232@ecst.csuchico.edu> Sender: news@cirrusl.UUCP Distribution: na Organization: Cirrus Logic Inc. Lines: 8 Back in the early days of the PC, it was a well-known fact that some free screen-blanking programs, when operated on some machines, caused something in the monitor to burn out. I'm sure today's monitors are designed to be more resistant to this sort of thing. -- Rahul Dhesi UUCP: oliveb!cirrusl!dhesi A pointer is not an address. It is a way of finding an address. -- me