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From: src@cup.portal.com (Steve R Calwas)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: VUIMG Blows Mono Monitors
Message-ID: <27358@cup.portal.com>
Date: 27 Feb 90 06:04:26 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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The VUIMG GIF/TIFF file viewer that was recently posted to c.b.i.p may have
a serious problem when run on a Hercules monochrome system.  My monitor
"blew up" with a high pitched whine followed by a sharp pop about 5 seconds
into displaying its first GIF file.  The picture went dead and the monitor
was wasted.  It could be a coincidence that my monitor died just at this
time, but you'll understand if I don't try it again with my new monitor...

Other, less destructive, problems were found with the program before this
happened e.g. trying to change the display mode from the default VGA to
Hercules using the main menu ("M" function) would accept the Hercules
setting (3) and then prompt to hit Enter to continue, but the system was
hung.

Steve Calwas                     src@cup.portal.com
Santa Clara, CA                  ...!sun!cup.portal.com!src