Re: Viruses and TI-8 series
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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
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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