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Re: Is it OK to hook old computers' composite out to Sony TV?
- Subject: Re: Is it OK to hook old computers' composite out to Sony TV?
- From: jcompton@typhoon.xnet.com (Jason Compton)
- Date: 1998/06/08
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Silver Surfer (SilverSurfer@HalleBoppe.com) wrote:
: The home computers were designed to prevent this in home TV's. They had
: built in "attract modes" so that if you left the computer on for more than
: a few minutes without activity, the colors on the screen would begin to
: change and prevent this burn-in. Besides that, its very unlikely that
: anyone would leave their computer on a single display for weeks anyway :-)
Even Combat on the Atari 2600 had anti-phosphor burn code.
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Jason Compton jcompton@xnet.com
Editor-in-Chief, Amiga Report Magazine VP, Legacy Maker Inc.
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