Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!phb100 From: PHB100@psuvm.psu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: TOS 2.0 Message-ID: <90311.172547PHB100@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: 7 Nov 90 22:25:47 GMT References: <1238@digi.lonestar.org> <1990Nov06.213749.13906@ecst.csuchico.edu> <1990Nov7.144925.10232@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 44 In article <1990Nov7.144925.10232@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>, cmm1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Christopher M Mauritz) says: > >In article <1990Nov06.213749.13906@ecst.csuchico.edu> >ekrimen@ecst.csuchico.edu >(Ed Krimen) writes: >>rgoseweh@digi.lonestar.org (Roy Gosewehr) writes: >>- >>- - I happen to like having TOS in ROM. The machine boots faster and >>- is less susceptible to viruses. (This is a MAJOR benifit, IMHO.) > Me too. I like the fact that I can turn on my ST and be ready to go in five seconds. The macs at work take about 30-45 seconds minimum to bring up the desktop. This is a big difference to me. >> >>I agree. I thought this was one of the advantages of having the OS >>in ROM: fewer viruses. Isn't this why there are so many in the Mac >>and IBM world? > >This is simply baloney. It is just as easy to write virii for the >ST as any other machine. The reason you see so many more for other Yes, just as easy to write them, but when you have TOS in ROM that's one less source of spreding infection. TOS in ROM can't be infected, Mac's system and finder can and DO get infected all the time, and then spread the viroids in their turn. I know, it's part of my job at school to disinfect them. >machines is because MORE PEOPLE USE THEM. If you have 50,000,000 this is also true. >people using the other brand. The fact that the OS is in ROM is >really no big deal regarding virii. Except ROM OS can't be infected and spread it further. > ------- Disclaimer: This is me. Do I sound like anyone else? Paul Baughman PHB100@psuvm.bitnet