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Re: A92: virus




Robert Caldwell wrote:

> i've read somewhere just a few seconds ago that there's a way to create
> a StoPic/RclPic virus.  well, i'd like to just say i've found another
> way to create a virus.  i'm not trying to hurt anybody, but i did this
> to actually check how many interloops a 92 calculator can give and it
> created a freezeup:
>
> define virus()=prgm
> :lbl over
> :try
> :virus()
> :else
> :clrerr
> :endtry
> :goto over

Try this program:
crash()
prgm
define x(y)=prgm:endprgm
loop
try x():else:x(v):endtry
endloop
endprgm

after some while, this program will have got the whole TI-92
memory (by a bug with temporary variables) - nothing runs.
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