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From: dmkdmk@ecsvax.UUCP (David M. Kurtiak)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Screen blanker for Hercules GC
Summary: What causes a 'burnup'?
Message-ID: <4436@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jan 88 15:07:05 GMT
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Just for the sake of curiousity - I have a Hercules card clone -
all of this talk about not running various screen blanking programs
has me wondering:  What causes a card to fry?  I was always under
the impression that hardware (for PCs) was 'protected' against
such a mishap as the result of any software.  In other words,
how does this screen blanking program go out and sizzle the
components?  I can see if I applied a kludge to the card by ways
of adding jumpers, etc., but with *software*?  Could someone
_please_ explain this phenomenon?
  
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David M. Kurtiak
UNC - Greensboro
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