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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore
Message-ID: <2986@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 3 Feb 89 15:49:35 GMT
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The Compucolor-II computer (a 4K Z80 based system) from Intecolor was
deliberately brain-damaged to keep it from competing with their low-end
color terminals. It was possible to make the machine smoke from a simple
BASIC program:

	FOR I=0 TO 255: OUT 6,I: NEXT

Apparently the CPU had some control over the power supply. You had to pull
the plug to keep it from smoking... just flipping off DC power wasn't
enough.
-- 
Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
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