xd2w@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Bruce Ide) (02/01/89)
Last five years? Noooo. John Von Neuman (I think) first conceived
of viruses in the ninteen fifties. His collegues (sp?) laughed then,
mainly because computers weren't developed enough for this idea to work
then. The next reference I have to this is the game COREWAR that was
played in the sixties or seventies. I'll send the footnotes to my
research paper at a later date, and you can go read the actual article.
I believe that even during the corewar days the term "Virus" was used.
What is new (5 years or so) is MEDIA COVERAGE of viruses, and this
is probably our problem now.
-Grey Foxxd2w@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Bruce Ide) (02/08/89)
Prof. Cohen (sp?) should talk to the corewar guys (< 70) or
Von Newman (< 60) before claiming that. I'll go over to my data base
and get back to you some time later today.
-Grey FoxINGERMAN@SUVM.ACS.SYR.EDU ("Bret Ingerman 315-443-1865") (05/23/89)
Andrew Gerber asks about a terminal emulator for a Kayro II: There are a few of them out there. The ones I used to use were KMS712 and MEX11242 (although I believe there was a new version of this). To get them, you can either try a local BBS, SIMTEL might have a directory containing CP/M stuff, or, if all else fails, let me know. BTW: both of these are public domain. Bret Ingerman INGERMAN@suvm.acs.syr.edu Microcomputer Consultant Syracuse University