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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] OT Linux Malware
by William Dudley 11 May '17

11 May '17

My signature is "approximately" true. I got tired of seeing "this email free of malware because I run such-and-so anti-virus program". Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux. On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Systems Glitch via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic(a)lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote: > > > I wouldn't bet on that. I've intercepted five or six Windows botnet > > >viruses that implement just enough of SSH to get the job done and > > >masquerade as Linux machines. > > > > > > Telnets back to ports 22, 25 and 80 all report Linux. > > Both immitators and actual Linux malware is out there. It's not hard to > lie about a service when you contol the service, though. > > Assuming malware-freeness due to running Linux is probably not correct > nowadays, in the same way that "Macs don't get viruses" is incorrect -- > yeah, way less of a target than Windows, but it's out there. > > Thanks, > Jonathan (also a Linux user) >

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] WTF!!!!!!!!
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 11 May '17

11 May '17

Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic writes: >On 05/10/2017 08:53 PM, Brian Schenkenberger via vcf-midatlantic wrote: >> William Dudley via vcf-midatlantic writes: > >> This email is free of >malware because I run Linux. > > ROTFLMFAO! Give me a break! I've been >getting ssh break-in attempts > on ssh all day from a Linux box on >Verizon's net. No malware my ass! > > I wouldn't bet on that. I've intercepted five or six Windows botnet >viruses that implement just enough of SSH to get the job done and >masquerade as Linux machines. Telnets back to ports 22, 25 and 80 all report Linux.

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] WTF!!!!!!!!
by Dan Roganti 10 May '17

10 May '17

well, time to put a lock on the door this amount of carelessness and stupidity warrants such measures

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Zenith luggable available
by William Dudley 10 May '17

10 May '17

Zenith ZWL-183-93 laptop. A very early luggable, with (I think) a plasma monochrome display, 3 1/2 " floppy, and hard disk. Runs MSDOS. The museum gets first crack at this. See attached photos. This belongs to a friend, who asked me to find a home for it. Bill Dudley This email is free of malware because I run Linux.

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And the June 2017 workshop is ...
by Jeffrey Brace 10 May '17

10 May '17

June 10 & 11. Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13qn9xUYyZum3ZD8HV0HtYJ2NHfDsY8Tmdw8… I hope to see many of you there! :-D -- Jeff Brace - ark72axow(a)gmail.com Sent from my Commodore 64 ========================================================

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Re: [vcf-midatlantic] WTF!!!!!!!!
by VAXman＠tmesis.org 10 May '17

10 May '17

William Dudley via vcf-midatlantic writes: >This email is free of malware because I run Linux. ROTFLMFAO! Give me a break! I've been getting ssh break-in attempts on ssh all day from a Linux box on Verizon's net. No malware my ass!

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Video: Writing C++ '17 for C64
by Douglas Crawford 10 May '17

10 May '17

At our VCFE C++ keynote lecture, Bjarne Stroustrup elaborated many of the goals of C++, one of which is "zero overhead abstraction". All doubts on the practicality of that goal has now been dispelled from my mind with this fascinating video on demonstrating zero overhead in writing a C64 game in C++, cross compiled to '386 then translated to 6502. You have to be careful, but a high degree of this zero overhead is proven to be possible. If you, like me, have been ignoring the evolving constructs of C++, this will give you an appreciation of what has been developed and in my case is pointing me into directions to what to catch up on. https://youtu.be/zBkNBP00wJE

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OT: electric motor question
by Evan Koblentz 10 May '17

10 May '17

I wanted to test one of the Lego motors without setting up the whole kit. The motor is designed for 4V DC. Dug through my bin of random wall warts. Closest I could find is 5V DC (and 0.5A but I'm not sure if that matters). Snipped off the wart's barrel connector, spliced a mini-banana lead to each wire, and the motor happily spun away. When I tested the Lego computer interface port voltage it showed around 3.7x on my multimeter whereas the wart produces 5 true. Will I cause any long-term damage to the 30-year-old Lego motor by running it at 25% higher voltage than intended?

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Workshop day 2
by Evan Koblentz 09 May '17

09 May '17

Today's workshop attendees were me, Jeff B., Bill Dromgoole, Bill I., Dean/Drew, Adam, and Tony. Bill and Bill continued working on Univac + EAI TR-20 projects respectively. Dean/Drew worked on a TRS-80. Adam tested one of his Amigas. Several of us (me, Dean, Drew, Adam) worked on museum-owned Amigas. We got a 500 working and then a 1000 working, both with workbench disks previously provided by Anthony/Bill of Guru Meditation renown. The 500 is in our museum temporarily. The 1000 will replace it when we get a suitably new-yellowed keyboard. Dean took home one of our keyboards and will try to retrobrite it. We along with Tony (and Google!) tested the museum's NeXT Station. It works pretty well. We'll display it soon as the next "artifact of the month".

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Lisa 1 for sale
by Adam Michlin 08 May '17

08 May '17

Hi Everyone, You know you want to donate this to the museum: http://www.ebay.com/itm/WORKING-APPLE-LISA-1-COMPUTER-WITH-TWIGGY-DRIVES-AN… Best wishes, -Adam

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