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Subject: Re: History of PCs (also kind of lo
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>HACF  # Halt And Catch Fire
Rumor also has it that certain (present-day) military computers have
chips with EXP (explode) instructions (this applies to ROM's as well as
CPU's). This instruction causes some sort of explosive on the chip
to explode, destroying it. Is this rumor true? Considering the
ineptness of military designers, I doubt that it would be much use.