Re: Stupid programming errors

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From: a... Vadim G. Antonov
Date: Mon, 10 Sep 1990 14:05

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In article <3061.2...@cc.helsinki.fi> mnyk...@cc.helsinki.fi 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...
>The original PC could control the voltage going to the monitor, I've
>heard, with similar results..

	The Soviet BESM-6 could adjust the secondary power supply
	voltage with software means! So one could alert surge protectors
	(and turn off the machine) by moving voltage up-down-up-down
	several times. /BESM-6 was in mass-production about 18 years!
	An unique occasion, isn't it?/

	Vadim Antonov
	DEMOS, Moscow, USSR
	(It is NOT a joke!)

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From: a...@hq.demos.su (Vadim G. Antonov)
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Subject: Re: Stupid programming errors
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Date: 10 Sep 90 14:05:47 GMT
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