On Tue, 2004-12-28 at 08:14 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > > No. Initially there was no connectivity and the only way to get a virus > > was from an infected floppy disk. > > *cough*BBSes*cough*Fido-Net*cough* > > I remember having a 300bps modem well in advance of any virus back in > the
Acoustic or direct connect? I remember thinking what hot shit I was because I didn't have to jam a headset into an acoustic modem like a lot of other people did. > day of the C=64, the CoCo and the Amiga. ;P Don't forget CP/M. (KayPro & Osborne were the 2 most popular.) -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "The main reason that M$ gets bashed is that they persist in writing bad code, on top of bad code.... As many have said, there is NO PERFECT OS. The better OS though, IMHO, is the one that will openly deal with issues, both major, and minor. Microsoft still needs a lot of work in this area." http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/202/comment/24104#MSG
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