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- From: snail@lsl.co.uk
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc
- Subject: Re: what is halt_and_catch_fire?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.160034.2325@lsl.co.uk>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 15:00:33 GMT
- References: <1992Aug14.181623.16695@exlog.com> <1992Aug18.232515.8658@griffin.itc.gu.edu.au> <1992Aug19.141221.5061@homebase.vistachrome.com>
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- > A little bit of topic, but interesting none the less. The Apple][ plus
- > had a register in the C0xx range ( the actual addresses escape me right
- > now ) that if you poked into it, would physically burn out 2 gate chips.
- > Apple][ developers called this the "Smoke Poke"
-
- Yes, an early version of the Commodore Pet computer (6502 based) had a
- register ( a VIA, CIA or some such) that if you wrote the wrong value into it,
- would result in an internal crystal frying itself and the end of your PET....
-
- snail@lsl.co.uk
-
- Interviewer: "What's the most satisfying thing about being in
- The Sisters Of Mercy?"
- Eldritch: "When I collapse at the end of it..."
- Interviewer: "Do you mean that?"
- Eldritch: "Yeah...."
-