Re: A86: SLP
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Re: A86: SLP
oh $#|t, I thought that there was a (sqrt)link interrupt and i finally looked at
my old messages but i guess not i thought there was some link interrupt maybe not
a sqrt interrupt but the original user interrupt type (where you copy it into a
certain place in memory)
Patrick
Dux Gregis wrote:
> J Boylan wrote:
>
> > >Besides, it doesn't look very possible for
> > >viri to be spread using the slink routine.
> >
> > But couldn't a program be written that would poll the link port checking to
> > see if a calc was connected?
>
> It doesn't matter. The recieving calc would have to send the virus -- the
> sending calc would then have to recieve the virus while it's sending, which
> just isn't possible.
>
> If the regular interrupt polled the linkport, it wouldn't be any good either,
> because for one, the calc would have to be on the home screen, and two, people
> would notice. You would have to add a program to the outgoing programs in
> order for a virus to work, which could probably be done with [sqrt]KEY.
>
> >
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