Joke Mnemonics

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com>
Date: Fri Jun 7 11:12:05 2002

   Back In The Day (mid 70s) I was doing a design based on the Z80 stuff.
Someone doctored up and circulated several of the relevant datasheets.
Among the japery therein was :

  JGL - Jump and Get Lost
  BGR - Branch for no Good Reason
  SBW - Shift Both Ways
  SSP - Sharpen Stack Pointer (After much use, they apparently get dull)
  RWO - Registers Write Only
  CRA - Convert to Random Address
  IBD - Interpolate Data Bits
  CSR - Context Sensitive Reset

  and my personal favorite

  POF - Power On Fail


  The data sheets also had numerous other little details... one I liked
was the address line's rise-time called out as: "6:45 AM, Mon -> Fri"



  Cheers

John
Received on Fri Jun 07 2002 - 11:12:05 BST