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echo: classic_computer
to: TONY LANGDON
from: JOHN RILEY
date: 2020-05-16 09:56:00
subject: Re: HCF Halt and Catch Fi

 TL> I had heard that the originel Intel 4004 had a HCF instruction that
 TL> effectively shorted +5V to GND via the CPU, letting the magic smoke out.

Ah, never heard of it being on the 4004.

Cheers!
j

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