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From: ejkst@cisunx.UUCP (Eric J. Kennedy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Can U Grab Screen Image Anytime??
Message-ID: <6614@cisunx.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 88 11:09:45 GMT
References: <1633@ssc-vax.UUCP> <190@atrium.UUCP>
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Sys
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In article <190@atrium.UUCP>, chanst@atrium.UUCP (Steve T Chan) writes:
> In article <1633@ssc-vax.UUCP>, dmg@ssc-vax.UUCP (David Geary) writes:
> > This would require that the software survive a reboot,
> > since alot of games *have to* take over the machine
> > in order to run.
> > 
> Yes.. And that screen grabbit has to sit there in low memory
> waiting for the user to do a warm boot and then activates, right?
> You have just described the current SCA virus!

He did nothing of the kind.  There is a huge difference between a
program that stays active over a reboot and one that spreads itself
around to innocent disks like the virus.  If the technique for surviving
reboots is developed right, I'll bet some pretty handy stuff would result.
And it would be nothing like the virus, because you would know it's
there, and it's doing something you want it to do.

I'm not volunteering, just pointing out that I think it's a neat idea.
Any takers?