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Re: How to crash OS/2 1.2 & 1.3?

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From: Mikko Silvonen
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 09:07
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In <1992Aug28.205121.20677@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:

>Why do you want this?  Planning on writing a new virus?  Or are you a
>Microsoft field researcher?

I was sure someone would ask me this question...

Our company  is  building  a  system  that should recover from all kinds
of unexpected situations, including system  crashes.  That's why a
program that crashes the system would be of great help.

So, as you can see, my intentions are completely honest. :-)

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From: silvonen@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Mikko Silvonen)
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Subject: Re: How to crash OS/2 1.2 & 1.3?
Message-ID: <1992Aug31.090713.19487@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
Date: 31 Aug 92 09:07:13 GMT
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