Re: VIC 26 Lines Bug - Truth or Legend ?

From: MagerValp (MagerValp_at_cling.gu.se)
Date: 2001-08-17 12:22:46

>>>>> "MM" == =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Marko M=E4kel=E4?= <ISO-8859-1> writes:

MM> Has anyone made any experiments with overclocking NMOS chips? Do
MM> they overheat? Can permanent damage occur if the chips don't
MM> overheat? (Please use a 6502 or some other easily obtainable chip
MM> in your tests; don't destroy custom Commodore chips that are no
MM> longer manufactured.)

A few years back someone posted a tale from CBM back then -- a couple
of engineers, possibly inebriated, decided they should see how high
they could clock a 6502. They got it somewhere in the vicinity of 25
MHz before the magic smoke literally escaped. I tried searching deja
for the article, but I couldn't find it...
  Imagine running a CPU at 25 MHz in the late 70s or early 80s though.
Must have been quite a thrill :)

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