[Coco] OS-9 terminology

James Dessart james at skwirl.ca
Fri Aug 20 23:58:34 EDT 2004


On 20-Aug-04, at 11:47 PM, Neil Morrison wrote:

>> plus 3 trailer bytes that are the (in)famous CRC check code  (Another
>> feature missing from *NIX and Wind-Hose), that guards against "bit 
>> rot" on the
>> disk or in RAM.
>
> Would this prevent virus infestation of OS-9?

Not if the virus writer is worth their salt... they'd just have to 
calculate the CRC of the infected program.

James




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