The IBM System/360: the first modular, general-purpose computer

Re:The IBM System/360: the first modular, general-purpose co... by bitwize on Thursday August 25, 2016 @05:27PM (#12362648)

Commodore computers were particularly susceptible to these. There was a famous one for the PET which could blow out the CRT. I'm also pretty sure I accidentally killed at least one VIC-20 with another, more different poke...

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Re:The IBM System/360: the first modular, general-purpose co... by colejohnson66 on Friday August 26, 2016 @02:28AM (#12364589)

For an explanation on why that would kill your CRT: http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/poke/index.html

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