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|    Message 845 of 1,530    |
|    John Riley to Tony Langdon    |
|    Re: HCF Halt and Catch Fire    |
|    16 May 20 09:52:50    |
      TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A45       MSGID: 1:229/981 ea1ee806       REPLY: 354.fido-classicc@3:633/410 23220ca0       TZUTC: -0400        TL> I had heard that the originel Intel 4004 had a HCF instruction that        TL> effectively shorted +5V to GND via the CPU, letting the magic smoke out.              Ah, never heard of it being on the 4004.              Cheers!       j              --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Raspberry Pi/32)        * Origin: The Gatehouse BBS (1:229/981)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 18/200 90/1 120/340 601 123/131 154/10 226/16 30 227/114       SEEN-BY: 227/702 229/101 424 426 452 664 981 1014 240/5832 249/1 206       SEEN-BY: 249/317 400 317/3 322/757 342/200 633/280       PATH: 229/981 426           |
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