Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!leah!rpi!batcomputer!cornell!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!bader+ From: bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Auto-manu-config for old design memory expansion boards Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 89 01:52:27 GMT References: <8903021540.AA00797@jade.berkeley.edu> Organization: Information Technology Center, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: <8903021540.AA00797@jade.berkeley.edu> U211344@HNYKUN11.BITNET (Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert) writes: > - Should I submit this program to Bob Page for general benefit of all > owners of manu-config memory boards? A possible objection that some > people might have is that this program is an excellent starting point > for virus writers who have not yet figured out how rom tags work. Once > you have executed AddMemForever, its rom-tag won't go away unless you > use a hammer (to stomp on ExecBase.KickCheckSum, for example). Please don't refrain distributing useful software because you want to avoid enlightening the wrong people. Viruses are bad enough without people being afraid to do anything for fear of them. -Miles