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From: belld@vax1.tcd.ie
Newsgroups: rec.humor,rec.humor.d,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Looking for Computer Folklore
Message-ID: <36549@vax1.tcd.ie>
Date: 7 Mar 89 16:57:54 GMT
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		I remember hearing that an early version of the Commodore
Pet would catch fire if certain addresses had certain contents. Something
about the clock being forced to run at too high a speed. (Can anyone confirm/
deny this?)
-- 
	Derek Bell
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*  dbell@maths.tcd.ie	*      Are you seriously suggesting that coconuts
*  belld@vax1.tcd.ie	*                migrate???   
*************************                  - Monty Python & the Holy Grail