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From: mcvax!rhi.hi.is!frisk@uunet.uu.net (Fridrik Skulason)
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Subject: Ping-Pong variants (PC)
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Date: 28 Aug 89 14:09:10 GMT
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I have now seen three different variants of the ping-pong virus. The
only difference is the character that bounces around the screen.

The (original ?) version where the character is a dot is the most
common one, but a version that uses the "diamond" (character number 4)
is also fairly common here. Finally, I have seen a version that
displays a "smiley" (character number 2) at one site.

Are the two modified versions known elsewhere in the world or are they
just local mutations ?

         Fridrik Skulason          University of Iceland
         frisk@rhi.hi.is

         Guvf yvar vagragvbanyyl yrsg oynax .................
    [Ed. ^(the above sentence) Huh?  :-) ]