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by jamiesonbecker 3379 days ago
> In the days of C64 and Amiga you could safely say "No".

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

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Never heard of those "killer pokes" before. Thank you.