Re: [stella] damaging the VCS

[Kevin Horton <khorton@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:10 11/29/01 -0800, you wrote:
> At 11:41 AM 11/29/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > This reminds me of the `POKE of Death' on the original CBM/PET
> > machines.. can't remember the details, but essentially, you could
> > fry the machine under software control..
>
> We still haven't determined what would happen if you set the console 
> switches register to output instead of input.  Does anyone really think 
> that would damage the 2600?  I doubt it.  There has got to be some form of 
> electronic protection somewhere against that.

Heh, there is no protection against it, though I doubt it'd do any 
damage.  The 6532 will get hotter than a pistol tho if you have console 
switches on and the port set to output trying to output a logic "1".  (The 
switches pull to ground only) So it isn't recommended.

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