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From: David.Plummer@f70.n140.z1.FIDONET.ORG (David Plummer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Blowing up your 1950
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Date: 27 Nov 90 22:06:48 GMT
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Personally, I think viruses blowing up your monitor sounds a little
extreme, but the ability to cause damage to CTRs via software isn't new
(at least certainly APPEAR to cause damage).  Try this on a SP9000
(SuperPet for all you neophites out there):
 
for a=1 to 100:for b=1 to 255:poke 59521,b:next b,a
 
(I think it's 59521, it's been about 4 years).  It shifts the video
so badly that you get a BACKWARDS display reflected off the inside of
your display tube, and the letters are about 4 times as big because
they have to travel faster.  It also makes sounds that I was worried
could cause sterility.  I'm sure it can't be good for it.
 
Point being, nothing can instantly destroy your monitor.  Even if you
could damage it, I don't think anything could be so severe as to do
damage before you could turn it off.



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