All of these puns concerning mental DECay made me think of a post I
saw on COMP.SYS.TANDY last week. Excuse the length, but I thought
some of you might find it amusing.
>
>This sounds like a variation on the Motorolla HCF (Halt & Catch Fire)
>instruction legend.
>
>bill
>
Ah, yes. Here is the original document I downloaded from a BBS in the
80's....
* * * * *
THE COCO RUMOR MILL
IT HAS BEEN RUMORED THAT TANDY (MOTOROLA) IS WORKING ON A COCO III
COMPUTER TO BE RELEASED SHORTLY. AT PRESENT THE ONLY ADVANCE INFORMATION
AVAILABLE IS THAT A NEW MICROPROCESSOR WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE UNIT--
THE 6813!
OUR RESEARCH STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO UNCOVER A LIST OF NEW OPCODES THAT
DISTINGUISH THE 6813 AS A BREAKTHROUGH IN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY.
THE LIST IS PRESENTED HERE FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
ABBA - PLAY SWEDISH ROCK
ADGB - ADD GARBAGE
BAD - BARK AT DOG
BBL - BRANCH ON BURNED OUT LIGHT
BAH - BRANCH AND HANG
BFEI - BEG FOR EXPANSION INTERFACE
BLI - BRANCH AND LOOP INFINITE
BPB - BRANCH ON PROGRAM BUG
BPO - BRANCH IF POWER OFF
BPM - BEGIN PIRATE MODE
BRN - BURN UP SAM CHIP
CFP - CALL FOR PROGRAMMER
CLD - TRY TO COOL DOWN SAM CHIP
CMS - CATCH MOUSE
CNP - CALL NATIONAL PARTS
CPB - CREATE PROGRAM BUG
CPM - CORRECT PROGRAM MANUAL
CRN - CONVERT TO ROMAN NUMERALS
CSD - CREATE STATIC DISCHARGE
DAO - DIVIDE AND OVERFLOW
DEVO - START NEW WAVE (SINE)
EIP - ERASE IF PIRATED
ERS - ERASE READ-ONLY STORAGE
ETOY - EMULATE ZX-81
HFA - HIRE FROM ATARI
HCF - HALT AND CATCH FIRE
HFC - HIDE FROM CHILDREN
HFP - HIDE FROM PINTO
HIC - HELP INTEL CHIP
IAD - ILLOGICAL AND
IBM - INTERUPT BAD MNEMONICS
IOR - ILLOGICAL OR
JOF - JUMP ON FLOOR
JOM - JUMP ON MOTOROLA
JOT - JUMP OFF TABLE
JTZ - JUMP TO ZAXXON PROGRAM
KAL - FLY OVER RUSSIA
MDB - MULTIPLY AND DROP BITS
MWK - MULTIPLY WORK
NOPE - REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING
OCD - OPEN COMMODE-DOOR
PAS - PRINT AND SMEAR
PIP - PULVERIZE INTERFACE PERIPHERAL
PSD - PERFORM SAFETY DANCE
RBT - READ AND BREAK TAPE
REST - RELAX FOR 12 CYCLES
RPM - READ PROGRAMMER'S MIND
RRT - RECORD AND RIP TAPE
RTR - REFUSE TO RUN
RTM - RETURN TO MOTOROLA
RTT - RETURN TO TANDY
RSD - READ AND SCRAMBLE DATA
RWD - REWIND DISK
SINK - SINK INTO I.C. SOCKET
SRZ - SUBTRACT AND RESET TO ZERO
SSD - SEEK AND SCRATCH DISK
STD - STOP TURNING DISK
STI - SELL T.I. STOCK
TLK - START SPEECH SYNTHESIS
TPR - TEAR PAPER
TRS - TRASH ('TRISS') PROGRAM
WED - WRITE AND ERASE DATA
WID - WRITE INVALID DATA
WOJ - WEAR OUT JOYSTICK
XBRA - GOTO ZOO
XIO - EXECUTE INVALID OP CODE
XOR - EXECUTE OPERATOR
XPR - EXECUTE PROGRAMMER
BESIDES HAVING THE ABOVE USER FRIENDLY OPCODES THE 6813 WILL ALSO HAVE
161 EASY TO REMEMBER ADDRESSING MODES!
P.S. THERE IS NO WORD FROM TANDY AS TO WHEN WE MIGHT EXPECT THESE
IMPROVEMENTS (THEYARE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT A 6809 IS!). PERHAPS
IN THE NEXT COMPUTER CATALOGUE.
--
Power Computing PowerCurve, 400mhz G3, Mac OS 9.0.4
Collector of Classic Microcomputers and Video Game Systems:
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757
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