On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Jinx<joecolquitt@clear.net.nz> wrote:
>> to disable the WDT you write 0xDEAD to it!
>
> ;-)
>
> I've come across a few bits of humour in processors. The C64 had
> a register called C3PO (no relation at all to a mnemonic you might
> make up for the serial buffer), others I've seen included IQGONE
> for a system fail register and a series of consecutive registers called
> FAT CAT SAT MAT

And, of course, we are all familiar with the "fake opcodes" lists...

http://www.textfiles.com/humor/COMPUTER/opcodes.hum

http://www.nickh.org/silly/opcodes.txt

Bill

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