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Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?

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From: TBerk
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:17
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On Jul 29, 12:46 am, sfdavidka...@yahoo.com (David Kaye) wrote:
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> In over 8 years doing this full time I've only had to reformat maybe 4 times.  
> I've had to reinstall the OS about 10 times.  But this one really caught me by
> surprise.

Lets see...


CP/M
8" floppy disks
5 1/4" floppies, but with Hard Sector holes cut in them
Data Storage on Cassette Tape
Soldering together your own Serial Cable to make sure you got the
Handshaking right.

Eight years, heh heh.  (Not flam'n,) just ruminating nostalgically.

Hell, 'the Cuckoo's Egg' for that matter.



TBerk
Now I want to pop some corn and go watch a 'Sneakers' & 'Hackers'
double bill...
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From: TBerk <bayareaberk@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: alt.comp.virus,alt.comp.anti-virus,microsoft.public.security.virus,ba.internet
Subject: Re: Win32/RAMNIT.A Anyone?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:17:48 -0700 (PDT)
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