vintage computers and lead poisoning?

In message <5.1.0.14.2.20040604002558.03934c98(a)mail.30below.com> Roger Merchberger <zmerch(a)30below.com> wrote: Sure, but C64s, VAXen and such never had any viruses written specifically for them, IIRC. People were too busy either using them to monitor scientific experiments (PDPs and VAXen especially) or playing games on them (C64s, BBC Micros, etc). 0.9% in my experience. The real problem is people who know enough to be dangerous, but don't know enough to fix the machine properly. Ah, but look at how many viruses exist for Windows (something like 130,000 last time I checked) then look at how many exist for Linux - four. Admittedly there are "rootkits", but as long as you make sure people can't log in as root (or don't want to log in as root - remove the GUI in superuser/root mode), getting the RK in there in the first place is difficult. Make the machine grab the relevant security patches as they're released and have it autoinstall them. Take MICROS~1 software (stretching the dictionary definition a bit, but bear with me) out of the equation and watch as the amount of bandwidth used on the Internet drops, then note the speed-up. Now the icing on the cake - RISC OS. 650 virus "strains" known. 95.5% of them exist only in virus collections. TTBOMK there was never a virus written for RISC OS that was capable of transmitting itself over the Internet. Ho yus :) Later. -- Phil. | Acorn Risc PC600 Mk3, SA202, 64MB, 6GB, philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com | ViewFinder, 10BaseT Ethernet, 2-slice, http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/ | 48xCD, ARCINv6c IDE, SCSI ... Mr. Worf, set phasors on spin dry.