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[krose at theory.lcs.mit.edu (Kyle Rose)]

>  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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