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|    Message 846 of 1,530    |
|    Tony Langdon to John Riley    |
|    Re: HCF Halt and Catch Fire    |
|    17 May 20 14:06:00    |
      TZUTC: 1000       MSGID: 363.fido-classicc@3:633/410 2325fe56       REPLY: 1:229/981 ea1ee806       PID: Synchronet 3.17c-Linux Nov 3 2019 GCC 4.6.3       TID: SBBSecho 3.10-Linux r3.146 Nov 3 2019 GCC 4.6.3       CHRS: ASCII 1       -=> On 05-16-20 09:52, John Riley wrote to Tony Langdon <=-               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.               JR> Ah, never heard of it being on the 4004.              I heard it many years afo, while I was at university, I believe (i.e. before       the Internet), but there are references on the Internet, though none I'd call       clearly verifiable.                     ... What bug? That's a feature       === MultiMail/Win v0.51       --- SBBSecho 3.10-Linux        * Origin: Freeway BBS Bendigo,Australia freeway.apana.org.au (3:633/410)       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: 249/317 400 317/3 322/757 342/200 633/0 267 280 281 384 408       SEEN-BY: 633/410 412 416 712/848       PATH: 633/410 280 229/426           |
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