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The Anatomy of a Crash: Why the "Four Bombs" Still Matter

The Anatomy of a Crash: Why the "Four Bombs" Still Matter

By Terry Ross February 07, 2026 | Atari ST Ceramic mugs RetroComputing The Witsm End WorkDay | 0 comments

Long before we had modern kernel panic logs or detailed Windows dump files, we had the Bombs. Specifically, the "Illegal Instruction" icons that haunted every user of the 16/32-bit era. In the original TOS (The Operating System), the number of bombs actually told you what went wrong. Two bombs? Bus Error....

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