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From: David Gurr
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 1990 08:47
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 1990 08:47
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dc...@cssun.tamu.edu (David A. Cook) writes: >In article <ben.2630@epmooch.UUCP> ben@epmooch.UUCP (Rev. Ben A. Mesander) >writes: >> If memory serves me right, the old Commodore PET machines could be >> physically damaged (ie smoke) by poking the wrong value into the wrong >> memory location. Good design... Didn't there use to be a machine intrsuction that caused this problem? Some wag gave it the mnemonic HCF ... Halt and Catch Fire! ------------------------------------------------------------ Dave Gurr ..!ukc!pyrltd!scol!davidgu Santa Cruz Operation Ltd. Disclaimer: All opinions expressed are those of the author's cat, not necessarily those of the author, and certainly NOT those of SCO Ltd. Miaouw. ------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!ukc!pyrltd!scol!davidgu From: davidgu@scol.UUCP (David Gurr) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: <None> Message-ID: <1713@cygnus.scol.UUCP> Date: 5 Sep 90 08:47:50 GMT References: <ben.2630@epmooch.UUCP> <7951@helios.TAMU.EDU> Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation Limited, London Lines: 19 Posted: Wed Sep 5 09:47:50 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit