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Norman St. John Polevaulter  
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 More options Apr 21 1992, 4:41 pm
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From: Norman St. John Polevaulter <MBS...@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: Tuesday, 21 Apr 1992 16:41:35 EDT
Local: Tues, Apr 21 1992 4:41 pm
Subject: Re: Old C64 Myths
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> [Rumor: You can destroy a Commodore 64 with a certain POKE...]

Sounds like a distorted version of a TRUE story about the Commodore PET.
See, the PET had this funky built-in monitor, right? Well, the monitor
was controlled entirely by the computer, so with a certain POKE you
could speed up the frequency (or something) to such an extent that
the monitor would blow. Compute! magazine DID confirm this, by the way.

Sigh... I remember when Compute! was GOOD, and I looked forward to getting
those huge issues packed full of reviews and program listings and games
and articles about every computer under the sun. Ah, those were the days.

[Your blood pressure just went up.]       Mark Sachs IS: mbs...@psuvm.psu.edu
 DISCLAIMER: Penn State cares about my money, not my opinions.
  "All my father wanted to do was make a toaster you could really set the
    darkness on -- and you perverted his work into those horrible machines!"


 
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