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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 12:52:11 -0500
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From: Paul Derbyshire <pderbysh AT usa DOT net>
Subject: Re: silly question (I read the FAQ first).
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At 12:09 PM 3/1/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Paul,
>	mode switch on a monitor may or may not shorten the monitor life
>depending on the type of horizontal oscillator.  The cheaper mono type
>when I was into that use a series of one shots to generate front porch,
>scan period and back porch.  Thus if you blasted them with the wrong
>horizontal frequency the resonant coil would be off frequency and smoke.
>
>	Not sure but the multi sync stuff have no one shots and a much broader
>resonant coil.  I think they phase lock onto what they receive as
>Horizontal drive.  By multi sync I mean monitors that are dual purpose
>vga/svga etc.

Hm. Any way to tell which mine is?

Also, is this stuff for real? Or have you been watching too much Star Trek?
:-)

(Phase lock, resonant coil... or maybe Star Trek borrows their techno-words
from the video screen technology jargon?)

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