Re: BBC micro

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From: D.C.Ha... D.C. Halliday
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1990 01:29

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>>From ukc!sys.uea!cmp8118 Wed Jan 17 01:20:50 GMT 1990

>   May I also briefly note that if you put a DFS 0.90 ROM the wrong way round
>in a Beeb Micro then turn the power on, it is possible to get a loud pop as the
>quartz window out of the top of the EPROM flies vertically upwards. I've seen
>it done, it's ever so pretty (but it does leave rather a pong of burning chip
>in the room ...) .
>

   The BBC's are very good at blowing up, when the first batch of the BBC
Master came out they had a battery backed set of options. At the last minute
the Nicad rechargables where replaced by normal dry cells, leaving the charging
circuit behind. One simple rom call and an hour or so later... BANG!!!! no more
BBC. This could be used to make one hell of a virus!

Dave H.

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