> > You cannot depend on monitors having protection circuits. :-( > > If a monitor does have a protection circuit you cannot depend on > > it actually protecting the CRT. :-( > > You cannot depend on firmware/software doing something sane. :-( > > > > Therefore I recommend that the board have a method to set and lock > > down the mode in hardware. Jumpers and dip switches come to mind. > > I call BS on this. As far as I can tell this almost has myth status.
You can call me a liar all you want, but it can and does happen. I've seen it happen. Even if you don't believe me, there are good reasons to be able to lock down the output mode and scale or letter/pillarbox as needed. Take firmware that wants to output 640x480 and a monitor that can't do 640x480. Yes such firmware exists. Yes such monitors exist. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
