[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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