first programs

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Jan 17 15:43:16 2001

On Wed, 17 Jan 2001 THETechnoid_at_home.com wrote:

> There used to be a poke on early Commodor Pets that would fry the
> computer. At least I HEARD there was one. Anybody know if this is true?

Yes, it was. I'm sure there is someone more knowledgeable that can
comment on this, but apparently it had somethin to do with setting the
refresh rate on the display to something it couldn't handle, and it would
fry it.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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