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  2. From: jqj@duff.uoregon.edu (JQ Johnson)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
  4. Subject: Re: halt and catch fire?
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug12.185642.5713@nntp.uoregon.edu>
  6. Date: 12 Aug 92 18:56:42 GMT
  7. References: <pln.713637284@egret1>
  8. Sender: news@nntp.uoregon.edu
  9. Organization: University of Oregon Network Services
  10. Lines: 13
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  12. pln@egret1.stanford.edu notes:
  13. >1088483  Security: 600MP shipped with halt_and_catch_fire
  14.  
  15. HCF is the (apocryphal) machine instruction reputed to have been available
  16. on some early (DEC?) computers.  Stanford users should contact les@sail
  17. for further historical detail.
  18.  
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  20. JQ Johnson
  21. Director of Network Services        Office: 250E Computing Center
  22. Computing Center            Internet: jqj@ns.uoregon.edu
  23. University of Oregon            voice:    (503) 346-1746
  24. Eugene, OR  97403-1212            fax: (503) 346-4397
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