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Article #4369Re: Stupid programming errors
From: jens... Jens Tingleff
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 1990 07:04
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 1990 07:04
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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.. I've heard (well, read on USENET ;-) that the Atari ST can be physically damaged if the right port on the MMU is set to toggle *very* frequently. The thing seems to be that the chip can't dissipate the heat generated by the continuous toggling, and then overheats, ho humm. Jens Jens Tingleff MSc EE, Institute of Computer Science, Copenhagen University Snail mail: DIKU Universitetsparken 1, DK2100 KBH O "It never runs around here; it just comes crashing down" apologies to Dire Straits
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!sunic!dkuug!freja.diku.dk!skinfaxe.diku.dk!jensting From: jens...@skinfaxe.diku.dk (Jens Tingleff) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Stupid programming errors Message-ID: <1990Sep11.070403.1382@diku.dk> Date: 11 Sep 90 07:04:03 GMT References: <ben.2630@epmooch.UUCP> <3061.26e54065@cc.helsinki.fi> Sender: ne...@diku.dk (The Netnews System) Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen Lines: 19 Posted: Tue Sep 11 08:04:03 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit