[HAL9000]

There was a Mac virus that changed the monitor refresh rate...pumped it up so high that the monitor caught fire if the machine was running long enough.

I don't remember any such virus on the Mac, and so far, a Google search hasn't produced any evidence of your dubious claim.

I do remember that "Compute" magazine once published the source code for a game that would fry the monitor of a Commodore computer. Unfortunately, they did not publish the warning against running the program until the following month's issue.

[Poohbah]

I do remember that "Compute" magazine once published the source code for a game that would fry the monitor of a Commodore computer. Unfortunately, they did not publish the warning against running the program until the following month's issue.

Thank you, you corrected my hazy memory. The Commodore game could mess up your monitor.

Fortunately, I was a very slow typist back then :o)

[killjoy]

I don't remember any such virus on the Mac, and so far, a Google search hasn't produced any evidence of your dubious claim.

I tend to remember that there was one for the old Apple ][ series... could have been Commodore though. Those programs that used to use the floppy drive to play music were pretty cool at the time. Always wondered if they damaged the drives somehow.