Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ptsfa!ames!rutgers!seismo!mcvax!ukc!stc!idec!howellg From: howellg@idec.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: What the world needs now [ is an exploding computer ] Message-ID: <820@idec.stc.co.uk> Date: Tue, 2-Jun-87 05:02:50 EDT Article-I.D.: idec.820 Posted: Tue Jun 2 05:02:50 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 6-Jun-87 11:15:57 EDT References: <12067@topaz.rutgers.edu> <910@killer.UUCP> <170@auvax.UUCP> Reply-To: howellg@idec.stc.co.uk (Gareth Howell) Organization: STC Network Systems, Stevenage, UK Lines: 21 In article <170@auvax.UUCP> rwa@auvax.UUCP (Ross Alexander) writes: >In article <910@killer.UUCP>, jfh@killer.UUCP (John Haugh) writes: >> A friend of mine [...] told me [...] that one of the unused op-codes > >The opcode exists, the mnemonic is HCF (Halt and Catch Fire) :-) and Is this opcode related to the similar opcodes on mainframe computers: ECC - Electrify Computer Console WIB - Write Inter-Block Gap (mag tape only i'm afraid). There were mainy more but I can't recall them now. Seriously tho' guys, this series of items is one of the most entertaining I have read on USENET for a long time. Keep it up!! 73s Gareth -- Gareth Howell G6KVK @ IO91VX ICL Network Systems, Private Networks Business Centre London Road, Stevenage, Herts, England, SG1 1YB Tel:+44 (0)438 738294 howellg%idec%ukc@mcvax.uucp, idec!howellg@seismo.CSS.GOV