Eero Ahonen wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> I remember that. You could also reprogram both hercules graphics cards
>> and Radio Shack TRS-80 Model II machines to turn off the H and V refresh
>> on the video, overheating the spot in the middle of the screen until the
>> tube cracked.
> 
> Nnnice. That must have made a nice cracking sound :).

The one time I saw it done to a TRS, the glass went all over. More a 
"poomf" sound, really.

> Yep, pure business. I'm pretty sure if I was running a company like
> Nvidia I'd work exactly the same. I might do some time-shifting for the
> drivers, but releasing Vista-drivers for G400-aged card... No way.

I don't know how far back they really go, but I remember it was least a 
couple of generations. And, of course, it's a thing that's easy to point 
out, unlike (say) reliability. You just point to the web pages and say 
"See? We do that."

-- 
Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)

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