U27745@UICVM (Bob Johnson (312) 245-3532) (08/25/89)
I seem to recall that the the olp IBM PCs ( and clones ) with EGA cards were susceptable to this problem. The cuase was the ability to change the scan rate of a card ( and thus the monitor ). If the scan rate was too high the flyback transformer in the monitor would over heat and catch on fire. I don't remember viruses doing this damage but rather public domain games and the like. Bj << u27745@uicvm.uic.edu >>