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From: PGOETZ@LOYVAX.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Monitor trouble
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Date: 29 Mar 88 20:52:00 GMT
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Dan Vachon: Yes, the law (though I don't know its name or number - maybe the
  latest copyright act) says that if you sell a program, you must destroy all
  copies which remain in your possession.  Many people don't, but it is illegal.

Viruses: I remember around 1981 I discovered a virus on a disk of mine. I have
  no idea where it came from. All it did was append itself to DOS. As far as
  I know it wasn't harmful except it took memory. So Apple viruses are nothing
  new. (I would try to find it & explain it, but my monitor just melted.)

Aforementioned monitor: I was happily hacking away (note to any business-types
  out there - HACKING implies programming. PHREAKING is abusing phone
  lines.  CRACKING means trying to break into a system or program.  PIRATING
  is illegal copying.  TRASHING implies destructive activities (or searching
  garbage for useful information). All 5 are SEPARATE. Just a sore
  point with me.) when my monitor emitted a loud whining
  sound for about a minute, during which the air seemed filled with static
  electricity.  Then there was an audible "poof", the screen went blank, and a
  smell of burnt rubber or something came out of the monitor.  Now when I flip
  the on switch, nothing happens - no whine (which it normally makes), nothing.
  Any ideas what has broken? (ie a capacitor vs. the tube itself vs. the
  transformer) The monitor runs on 15,000 volts.

Phil Goetz
PGOETZ@LOYVAX.bitnet