> From: William T Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Leston Buell wrote:
>
> > actually have a section on monitors, but i want to know if the general
> > lack of compatibility with Plug 'n Play applies to monitors as well. =BFD=
> o
>
> No. Plug 'n' Play with respect to monitors is a marketing gimmick. It
> effectively means that it is a monitor that won't burn itself out if you
> feed it frequencies it can't display.
>
> Plug 'n Play monitors have a return signal to the video card that tells
> the card whether the frequency is valid or not. I'm not aware of any real
> use for this. I'm certain that X-windows doesn't care about it, and I'm
> also certain that it causes no problems.
This is a little off topic, but I'm curious now so I hope you'll
excuse the question. So does this mean if you have a monitor that
says it's PnP that you can safely ignore the warning about damaging
your monitor when you set up X-Windows if you set the wrong refresh
rates.
Thanks,
Dave
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