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From: MDM107@PSUVM.BITNET (Michael Mellinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Insane DSP56000 Instructions
Message-ID: <89252.152434MDM107@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 9 Sep 89 19:24:34 GMT
References: <6093@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <6102@pt.cs.cmu.edu>
Organization: Penn State University
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In article <6102@pt.cs.cmu.edu>, eht@f.word.cs.cmu.edu (Eric Thayer) says:
>
>You can find more information on Insane DSP56000 instructions on page A-260
>of the Rev 1 User's Manual for the chip.  But, it says instructions like
>
>        <op>    x:ea,b  y:ea,b
>
>Can cause damage to the XDB and YDB bus drivers and permanent damage to the
>chip could result.  So, don't put weird DC directives in your P space.
>

How long do you think it will take before a nasty virus does this?

Mike