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Re:The computers used to do 3D animation for Final Fantasy V... by zozbot234 on Thursday April 07, 2022 @06:22PM (#30951044)
Driving CRTs at bad frequencies was a common way of letting all the magic smoke out, back in the day.
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Re:The computers used to do 3D animation for Final Fantasy V... by Melatonic on Thursday April 07, 2022 @07:29PM (#30951568)
Throwing them in a trash bin and then smashing them with a sledge hammer was also a good way to do that and a bit louder :-D
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Re:The computers used to do 3D animation for Final Fantasy V... by rasz on Sunday April 10, 2022 @06:11AM (#30975781)
This is a myth, true only to some very early(as in 87-89) VGA fixed frequency monitors.
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