>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jim Robertson [mailto:jimpl@NEWFOUNDELECTRONICS.COM]
>Sent: 02 June 2004 14:03
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: [OT]; ICD2 strange message
>
>
>Anyone know why this message is coded as RETLW  0xNN
>instructions in the ICD 2 firmware?
>
>"All Your Base Are Belong To Us"
>
>I'm sure there is a good reason, I would just like to hear it,
>but probably only until I do. Then I will probably regret it...  ;-)
>
>Regards,
>
>Jim

I guess the programmers had a sense of humour!  It is a phrase from an old
video game called "zero wing" that has something of a cult following

http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/story.shtml

Regards

Mike




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