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From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: Question on Diamond Clock Synthesizer
Message-ID: <1992Oct13.175214.19534@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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References: <1992Oct11.045446.1020@fcom.cc.utah.edu> <Bvy0H3.Lwq@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> <1992Oct13.050754.4113@sinkhole.unf.edu>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 17:52:14 GMT
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In article <1992Oct13.050754.4113@sinkhole.unf.edu> shite@sinkhole.unf.edu (Stephen Hite) writes:
>
> I read a message that David Wexelblat posted recommending
>for people to not use the "Batman" Diamond clock code (David got this
>advice from Thomas Roell). I believe the reason was that it could
>cause some kind of physical damage to either your monitor or card
>(forgot which). I'll take Thomas's word for it...
Wrong reason. The reason was legal. There would be no more danger in a
piece of code dealing with the video card than any other code dealing with
a video card. The warnings you remember were from another post for some
alpha VGA code (not the "Batman" code). Unfortunately, no one who has
used the "Batman" code can sy whether or not there was a problem, since
doing so could be admitting a violation of the trade secrets act if Diamond
wanted to prosecute.
Terry Lambert
terry@icarus.weber.edu
terry_lambert@novell.com
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or previous employers.
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