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Started by David Canzi
Sun, 26 Jan 1986 05:28
Grape Stomper
Author: David Canzi
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1986 05:28
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1986 05:28
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...for Atari 520 ST. I discovered this program (grapesto.prg) on one of a set of disks with various cute demo programs, and when I tried it out it destroyed the disk. It identifies itself as "Grape Stomper", displays a diagram and several on-screen buttons. The "info" button displays a blurb to the effect that this is freeware, send us what you think it's worth, and names two (probably fictitious) authors. When you press the start button, it appears to destroy disks in reverse order, disk A last, ie. it goes for the hard disk first if you have one. (Fortunately, all I was working with was one floppy, and all that was destroyed is replaceable.) -- David Canzi Severeid's Law: The chief cause of problems is solutions.
Re: Grape Stomper
Author: Lynn Gold
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1986 05:53
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1986 05:53
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My brother and his kiddie friends used to write crappy programs like the "Grape Stomper" one you mentioned and sick them on each other when he was in high school. The only way to protect yourself from such childish pranks is to back up your disks before you run programs on them and to write-protect them. --Lynn -------
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