Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!wmartin From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin ) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Sony CD Player - fun and games Message-ID: <2965@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 14:00:55 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.2965 Posted: Thu Nov 7 14:00:55 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 04:56:22 EST Distribution: net Organization: USAMC ALMSA, St. Louis, MO Lines: 48 The following appeared in "net.general". For all those who have long since unsubscribed to that lamented newsgroup, and because it really belongs over here, I have included it for net.audio-philes' delectation and enlightenment: From seismo!mcvax!kddlab!titcca!ascii!rshvax!grpvax!kouji-s >From: kouji-s@grpvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.general Subject: CD player has a BUG Message-ID: <55@grpvax.UUCP> Date: 4 Nov 85 15:49:48 GMT Organization: ASCII corp.,Tokyo,Japan SONY's the latest CD player has a BUG!! SONY, famous home electronics maker, started to sell their latest CD player, named "D-50 Mark 2". That player is the light- est and the smallest in the world. (125.9mm * 125.9mm * 26mm) I purchased that player on Oct 21'st.( That day SONY started to sell.) And, I FOUND A BUG in control ROM on the same day. That player has a mode named "SHUFFLE". When you use that mode, you can listen songs in a CD with random order. That mode was the resource of BUG. I found a BUG by the following step, 1) Push PLAY button. 2) Enter the SHUFFLE mode. ( Quickly! Before the LCD indicates some data.) 3) Push Fwd search button. After this sequence, this CD will catch fire. If you push any button, this machine will ignore. If you cut off power switch, that will have NO effect but that has no effect, too. And you can look your COMPACT DISK that is rolling! SONY's spokesman says, "We will fix that bug.", but he doesn't say "By when". If your D-50 Mark II has the same bug, please tell me, with Seri- al No.. Thanks in advance. Koji Suginuma USENET ...mcvax!kddlab!titcca!asciid!kouji-s ***End of original posting*** I edited out some backspace/underlines but otherwise left it as-is. It appears to have a certain quality all its own as stated... :-) Anybody want to try duplicating this bug? Will ["Catch fire"???!!!]