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by elpocko
3379 days ago
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> when there was an intense debate on whether a software could cause damage to some hardware. In the days of C64 and Amiga you could safely say "No". Once there was a basic rewritable input/output system (BIOS), the answer changed to "Yes". Remember the CIH virus? |
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Goes back even further than that. It's probably always been possible, but maybe it was harder on timeshared systems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_poke#Commodore_PET
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_poke#Commodore_1541_Dis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer_poke#Commodore_Amiga