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- From: esh@boron.tekbspa.com (Edward S. Hirgelt)
- Subject: Re: what is halt_and_catch_fire?
- In-Reply-To: jcs@zoo.bt.co.uk's message of 17 Aug 92 13:28:19 GMT
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- Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 23:28:18 GMT
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- [Discussion about _halt_and_catch_fire() in locore.o of in SunOS.]
-
- The probably reference is to a series of IBM 360 instruction mnemonics
- that circulated many a year ago. I saw them in my IBM Assembly language
- class in school about 1970 (yes, we used punched cards).
-
- I've forgotten the mnemonics, but I remember some of the instructions:
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- Halt and Catch Fire
- Convert to Roman Numerals
- Seek and Scar Disk
- Backspace and stretch tape
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- The list goes on. Someone must have posted these in the past?
-
- Enjoy,
- Ed
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- Ed Hirgelt esh@tss.com
- Direct Interfaces Corporation
- San Jose, Ca.
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