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From: dalekim@llama.Ingres.COM (Dale Kim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: 6502 error conditions
Message-ID: <1990Sep19.171649.20159@ingres.Ingres.COM>
Date: 19 Sep 90 17:16:49 GMT
References: <LENNOX.90Sep18094730@minilove.diag.stratus.com>
Reply-To: dalekim@llama.Ingres.COM (Dale Kim)
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In article <LENNOX.90Sep18094730@minilove.diag.stratus.com> lennox@minilove.diag.stratus.com (Craig Scott Lennox) writes:

>What does the 6502 do when it encounters an illegal
>opcode?  Does it just halt, as in a BRK, or can you have
>it branch to a trap address?

On the topic of illegal 6502 opcodes, I once heard that there was a
'Crash and Burn' instruction on the Apple II's 6502 chip (which supposedly
melts down the chip).  Have any of you 8-bit enthusiasts heard of anything 
like this for the 6502 in an Atari computer?  I have an expendable Atari 800 
at my disposal. :-)

-Dale