On 16 Jan 96 08:24, Paul Edwards wrote to Kieran Haughey:

Hi Paul,

KH>> I was just wondering, does anyone know how safe it is, using the TT* 
KH>> functions which are used by msged, to print outside the current screen 
KH>> size  and then
scroll it onscreen
KH>>  using the TTScroll function?..

KH>> When I say safe, I mean will it harm the monitor in anyway doing that?..

PE> The only way I have seen mentioned of damaging a monitor is setting
PE> a resolution which it can't support, e.g. 1280*760 or whatever.  I
PE> think you actually need an OUT command to be executed in order to
PE> do this, meaning random writing of memory (inside your computer)
PE> can not harm the monitor.  Even without this information, I would
PE> have said it was impossible anyway.  People don't design equipment
PE> that can be blown up, like if you use your calculator and try to
PE> divide by 0, it never blows up.  BFN.  Paul.

The main reason I asked was I was playing a game which I started testing
all the resolutions on :).. problem was that the next day I started
expirencing problems with my screen, it was warping basically.. thankfully
it's back to normal now, over 4 days later :).. , but it was like looking
at a screen shaped like this..
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)  (
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That's why I asked about it :).. and the resolutions weren't entirely that
bad, I mean they were only a max of 680x420 I think it was on 16 colours
:)..
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Cheers,
Kieran

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