We used a card catalogue to take the census, just to be safe. The results were hand tabulated three times for error checking, the cutoff frequency is four point three MegaHertz, plus or minus two percent. Any clock signal faster than this will eventually attract an infowasp swarm. They primarily feed on those high frequency radio emissions, but when they are driven into a frenzy state any nearby radiator (say, a human brain) will be attacked. Look, by all means try shielding your high performance computer, let us know if you live, we’ll stand well back. Or maybe check your attic for something below the Langerfeld Limit.

— Sent from my Amstrad CPC6128

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@Unixbigot What did you do to the "TURBO" button ?!
@7adi yeah nah, even without the TURBO button, clocking your PC at 4.77MHz is just asking to be eaten.
@Unixbigot At last a reason to like the PC Junior. @7adi

@7adi @Unixbigot OBVIOUSLY the "Turbo" button is wired to a one-bit sound chip and a buzzer that shouts NO!!! very loudly.

A shame the factory cheaped out and used a bin of old ESP32s that hadn't been down-clocked …

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@cstross That's more disturbing since the turbo button was designed to "slow" it down. Now it does beep loud everytime it drops.
@Unixbigot Received on my Amstrad PCW8256