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From: dhsu@crunchyfrog.Sun.COM (David Hsu)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: History of PCs (also kind of long)
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Date: 8 Aug 88 18:07:56 GMT
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In article <235@sdeggo.UUCP> drew@sdeggo.UUCP (Drew Dean) writes:
>> -- 
>  RS
>used ceramic RAMS in a home computer, probably for the first and last time
>in history.

Oh come on.  Not even close.  My aged and trusty Apple ][ came with
ceramic Mostek 16k's.

Now that I think about it, didn't MOS include a pseudo-HCF instruction in
the 6502?  Something like 02 or 04?  I remember apocryphal stories about
it requiring about 20-30 minutes to irreparably cook the chip, 'tho.

-dave

David Hsu
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"Son, you got a panty on your head"