Re: Worst Error Messages of all Time

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1 total messages Started by Charlie Gibbs Sun, 30 Sep 1990 20:44

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Author: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 1990 20:44

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     I know of a breakpoint routine on our mainframe which changes
four bytes of code at the desired point to 0x00DEAD00 (after saving
what was originally there, of course).  The first 0x00 is an invalid
opcode, which causes a program check.  It's pretty easy to tell when
you've hit one of these breakpoints.

     Apparently Larry Phillips isn't reading this group; otherwise
he'd no doubt have mentioned his favourite: 0x00C0FFEE.  Again, the
0x00 causes the program check.  You could say that the machine
breaks and goes for coffee...

Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP
If your nose runs and your feet smell, you're built upside-down.

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