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> >     Wow.
> >
> >     Where's the candle burning through the string, the
> > spring-loaded
> >     trapdoor through which the ball drops, the sprinkling can
> > that
> >     tips over and fills the boot with water, etc.?
>
> That will come in will come in the mk.2 version.

Ok, here's the Mk.2:

Determine the time it takes for the processor to be garaunteed to
have all its volatile RAM fail.  Program a one-shot to that length of
time.  Attach an edge triggered one-shot to the processor's power
pins.  Then, have the processor trigger the one-shot, which will
force it to power down, and stay off until all its RAM is gone.

I admit it's a little short of trap doors, and before you sneer at
me, consider the possibilities a bit.  If it takes less time for this
than the large volume of instruction cycles to clear all the RAM,
then it should be worth it, right?

- --Brendan
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"Rejection out of hand of all but one's favoured alternative may cost
you dearly in one way or another." -Russell McMahon


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