Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!O.GP.CS.CMU.EDU!eht From: eht@O.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Eric Thayer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Insane DSP56000 Instructions Message-ID: <6093@pt.cs.cmu.edu> Date: 7 Sep 89 20:02:41 GMT Reply-To: eht@o.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Eric Thayer) Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, CS/RI Lines: 6 Keywords: Did you know that there are actually instructions on the 56k which can potentially damage the chip? Things like move x:ea -> b and y:ea -> b. The assembler will not generate insane instructions, but if you go executing random data, there is the possibility of executing one of these. Just thought it might be interesting.