Re: Viruses and TI-8 series
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Re: Viruses and TI-8 series
On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Alfred T Chu wrote:
> This Is not a virus...That bum just wanted to scare everybody...I typed
> in the virus and today, my friend accidently ran the program...I thought
> I was doomed...BUT..Fortunately it did nothing but give an error.
> Well, I don't think there are any viruses for Ti's...
>
> Alfred
> ALFY@juno.com
> LA,California
I was able to run this without a problem. Its assembly people! You have to
do send(9prgmname! When I ran it, I got some weird stuff on the screen,
but I'm not sure what happened beyond that. I didn't appear to lose any
data. I reset my calc anyway though.
>
>
> On Sun, 22 Sep 1996 21:10:19 -0700 george egbert
> <gmegbert@SBCEO.K12.CA.US> writes:
> >At 06:38 PM 9/22/96 -0400, you wrote:
> >>what about the TI-82?
> >>any viruses?
> >>
> >>Bhuvanesh Bhatt.
> >>
> >>On Thu, 19 Sep 1996, Rupert Scammell wrote:
> >>
> >>> Whilst experimenting with the TI-83 calculator, I accidentally
> >succeeded
> >>> in creating a very destructive program which will cause extensive
> >data
> >>> corruption, requiring that the calculator be reset to regain use of
> >it.
> >>> I enclose the source code below. WARNING: I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY
> >FOR
> >>> THE USES OF THIS CODE. IT IS EXTEREMELY DESTRUCTIVE AND WILL CAUSE
> >>> EXTENSIVE DATA CORRUPTION AND DAMAGE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
> >>> Here it is:
> >>>
> >>> :CD804A
> >>> :C9
> >>> :End
> >>> :0000
> >>> :End
> >
> >
> > Let's hope now that the "authorities", i.e. Texas Instruments,
> > will verify or correct that this 83 virus is possible and answer
> >definitively the question
> > regarding viruses on the 82!
> >George Egbert
> >Math Department
> >San Marcos High School
> >Santa Barbara, CA
> >gmegbert@sbceo.k12.ca.us
> >
>
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