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From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: How did this program burn out two monitors?
Message-ID: <1988May28.230514.3229@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <10244@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, <134@pigs.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 28 May 88 23:05:14 GMT

> if you are considering buying a new display adapter, i would
> strongly recommend purchasing one which did not have software
> selectable monitor options...

Actually, what you really want is a monitor which cannot be blown out by
software misbehavior.  Believe it or not, there are such.  In fact they
are the norm everywhere except in the PC world.  Another wonderful
contribution to humanity by IBM... :-[
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