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From: gdtltr@freezer.it.udel.edu (Gary Duzan)
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Subject: Re: CBRN (Crash and Burn) opcode
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Date: 22 Sep 90 21:18:06 GMT
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In article <34182@cup.portal.com> Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com writes:
=>
=>(I heard something even earlier than this, attributed to the Commdore PET
=>computer, but don't know the details.)

   The way I heard it, the PET had the monitor built in, and had full control
over screen width and height. All you had to do was reduce the screen to a
single dot in the middle, and it would slowly fry the monitor.
   I also heard that the Vic-20 had a location that cross-wired an I/O port,
causing a power surge into the circuits.
   This is all rumor and heresay. I haven't seen/performed any of these.

                                        Gary Duzan
                                        Time  Lord
                                    Third Regeneration


p.s. I have, however, seen Apple IIe's get fried by static charges. In High
School, the computer room used to be a library and had this nice carpet...

                                         GD,TL,TR



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