XF86Config Modelines...

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     My monitor says "Tandy" on it.  Should I be worried?


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Subject: Re: XF86Config Modelines...
Author:  Kyle Rose <krose at theory.lcs.mit.edu> at InterNet
Date:    4/7/99 8:51 PM


>  KR> This is a huge urban legend.  In the past it may have been true 
>  KR> that attempting to clock a monitor past its specs caused Bad
>  KR> Things(TM), but today, most monitors do the intelligent thing: 
>  KR> lose sync.
> 
> I agree that most monitors will handle this intelligently rather
> than blow up, but I can assure you that this is NOT an urban legend: 
> I personally set a monitor on fire this way and melted the flyback, 
> although it is true that it was many years ago.  The machine in
> question was a Northgate 12MHz 286, to give you some idea of the 
> time frame.  (And yes, I saved the keyboard.)
     
My point was that the "burning monitor" fear was in the same class as 
the "burned in monitor" fear: it is something that used to be true 
long ago, but it would require you to rummage through a garage sale to 
find such a monitor today.
     
Kyle
     
     
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