Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?)
-- From: the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vintage Macs) Subject: Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?) Date: Sun, Aug 5, 2001, 4:48 PM At 15:16 -0700 on 03/08/01, Alex Allee wrote: That is hardly cramming. :) Try 9.0.4 on a 7500/100 w/ 32MB of RAM and a 1GB hard drive. *That* is cramming. No, cramming would be 8.5.1 on a Turbo 601 IIci with 16MB RAM and a 230MB HD... :-p (to get this back on topic...) p I'm working in an elementary school that uses IIci's and some IIcx's partnered with one newer iMac per classroom. We'd LOVE to be able to cram 8.5.1 on a group of turbo 601's packed neatly inside those dudes, if you're offering. Jeff -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?)
on 8/4/01 3:00 PM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That is hardly cramming. :) Try 9.0.4 on a 7500/100 w/ 32MB of RAM and a 1GB hard drive. *That* is cramming. I once got 8.0 on an LC475 with a 160MB hard drive and 16MB RAM! Wasn't pretty, but it was an accomplishment! :) -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. - Desiderata, Max Ehrmann -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?)
laptop. He's been wanting to cram Mac OS 9.1 on this G3/233 that only has 160megs RAM and a 4 gig HD. Compared to the others, that's hardly cramming it on there... I'd say so too. I have a iMac rev. A with 96 mb running 9.1 Really no problem... Ditto! If your friend has need for features beyond what OS 8.6 provides, OS 9.1 is well worth the disk space it occupies... Unlike OS 9.0 which might be better served with (flame retardant suit donned here) Windoze '98... (hideous! Even for Micro$oft) Cheers, Andrew -- PM7100/80 - Sonnet G3/260, 136 8.6 PM6100/66 - 601/66, 72 8.1 IIci/25 - TokaMac '040/60, 64 7.1 SE/30 - '030/16, 8 7.1 SE - '000/8, 4 6.0.8 5 Plus' - '000/8, 4 6.0.8 -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?)
Amber Rhea wrote: I once got 8.0 on an LC475 with a 160MB hard drive and 16MB RAM! Wasn't pretty, but it was an accomplishment! :) Why? That's right! You are a member of the Vintage Macs list... The land where folks will do things, if for no other reason than, They said, It can't be done!... Never mind the question. Cheers, Andrew -- PM7100/80 - Sonnet G3/260, 136 8.6 PM6100/66 - 601/66, 72 8.1 IIci/25 - TokaMac '040/60, 64 7.1 SE/30 - '030/16, 8 7.1 SE - '000/8, 4 6.0.8 5 Plus' - '000/8, 4 6.0.8 -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Mac vs PC Junk (was Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?)
Andrew Michael MacTao wrote: Amber Rhea wrote: I once got 8.0 on an LC475 with a 160MB hard drive and 16MB RAM! Wasn't pretty, but it was an accomplishment! :) Why? That's right! You are a member of the Vintage Macs list... The land where folks will do things, if for no other reason than, They said, It can't be done!... Never mind the question. We had 32MB ram so that takes away most of the joy but it was 8.1. As for why, to use Appleworks 6. lol The boss got the hint and bought a nice mix of imacs for the girls. :) -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
Darren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find old pentiums on the side of the road, no cash needed, all work. Still to find any mac's, found a Apple IIe and thought my self very lucky. :) (some classic gaming there) Also the Classic II with the checkered screen [...] In in a Midwestern (US) university town, the opposite seems to be the case -- I've collected quite a number of abandonned/handmedown Macs. but until recently the only PCs I've seen junked have been 286s or less. I've uaually turned aside from taking them, but a few weeks ago, on my daily walk through the neighborhood I saw a PII/166 in an alley close to the street (too close, I guess), thought maybe this is the moment to get into the Dark Side (linux more likely, if I can wing it...), but when I came back to the spot with my car (it was a tower system, with monitor) it was gone. Probably didn't work anyway, being so relatively new Of course, being known as the local Mac nut tends to help attract 'em one's way. So far, I own 1 of each: Performa 400 - bought (my 1st Mac) IIfx - dumped by neighbor Quadra 650 -bought (used) 7200/90 - bought (used) Other Mac stuff over the years: 2 SEs - dumped by friends or neighbors, 1 sold, 1 donated by me Classic - found in alley, sold Classic II - dumped by neighbor, sold LCII - dumped from relative's workplace, donated LC 520 -found, donated 3 ImageWriter IIs - found, 1 retained, 2 donated ImageWriter LQ - dumped by neighbor, given away as damaged (?) HP DeskWriter 550 - bought new, retained HP DeskWriter 560 - found, retained Epson Stylus 500 - found, retained Numerous keyboards mice plus Numerous PC Monitors, mostly donated or given for recycling when non-functional or only 60Hz VGA (but I did retain 1 great NEC 15 in.) 1 PS/2 keyboard, given away PC (but Mac'able) SyJet drive, dumped by friend, retained 2 CD-ROM drives, given away -- Over, Jutso -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
Amber Rhea wrote: Honestly, when I use Windows, even for only ten minutes, I become irritable, fidgety, and generally pissed off at the world. That's *exactly* how I want to feel *every time* I sit down at the computer!! And my opinions of people at work are largely shaped by their operating system of preference. Call me narrow-minded or extremist or whatever, but I'm not changing! Viva la revolution! (Didn't someone already say that..?) :) I'm a little different I guess. I like any OS that works and am fortunate enough to have quite a variety. Other peoples choice of platforms interests me in how the person uses it, from there a option starts to form. I'd call you a macintosh user, one eyed as most people are regarding their choice of system. There are many systems, most do one thing or another better than the rest. I personally like to work on a mac but for my gaming pleasure you really cant beat a pc, well their most stable playing games or being linux. ;) Various others hold special uses and are only obsolete now because the world left them behind or really bad management :( I find old pentiums on the side of the road, no cash needed, all work. Still to find any mac's, found a Apple IIe and thought my self very lucky. :) (some classic gaming there) Also the Classic II with the checkered screen which after two logic board replacements and much cleaning I'm still to fix. Think one of the lc's might be gutted as they are cheap to replace here. Thanks again for all the help P: and all the links from the list Not sure which revolution your referring too. :) Happy Mac'ing. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
on 7/30/01 2:06 PM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And then the issue of one system being just as good as the other... Comparing brand new pc's to 10 year old macs... Really people, Mac OS X is far superior to any other operating system out there, be it windows or linux. Most people on Slashdot agree on that, most software developers agree on that, most IT journalists agree on that. It's just a bit odd that some people on the vintage mac list of all places, seem not to agree. I can't *stand* Windows. I mean, really, it hurts me to use it when I'm forced to (which I make sure is as rarely as possible). Honestly, when I use Windows, even for only ten minutes, I become irritable, fidgety, and generally pissed off at the world. That's *exactly* how I want to feel *every time* I sit down at the computer!! And my opinions of people at work are largely shaped by their operating system of preference. Call me narrow-minded or extremist or whatever, but I'm not changing! Viva la revolution! (Didn't someone already say that..?) :) -- Amber Rhea [EMAIL PROTECTED] Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. - Desiderata, Max Ehrmann -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
At 11:43 AM +0200 7/28/2001, Marten van de Kraats wrote: evolution: survival of the fittest and all that stuff. PC's are for the stupid masses, Macs are for the spiritual and intellectual elite. Our machines are just better and stronger. :-) I disagree. I was a PC-head (I still play one at work), so I know the main reason most people won't go to the Mac. It's not stupidity. It fear. Most people are sheep. The follow the leader no matter what. Most people use Windows, therefore the sheep do too. -- http://homepage.mac.com/stmoody/ http://www.13idol.com/mac/macfacts.html When was the last time you remember the Virus Of The Week attacking a Macintosh? -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
At 9:18 am -0700 7/27/01, regarding Outlook/Windows users on this list?, Gregg Eshelman penned sagely: - Thare are about a half dozen people out there who's - computers have the latest Outlook/Outlook Express - virus and I keep getting junk attachments from them. - :P - - I certainly hope none of them are on this list because - the @#%#@nuts won't pay attention to my replies - telling them they have the virus and to STOP - #$%^#^$ing - using their #%#^^#$ing PC until they get rid of the - virus. Whaty's it look like? tnx, Paul -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
--- Michael J. Flaherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thare are about a half dozen people out there who's computers have the latest Outlook/Outlook Express virus and I keep getting junk attachments from them. What are they ? .exe files ? The virus grabs a random file off the infected computer then mails it out as an attachment and I think it includes a copy of the virus so when you try to open the attachment (in Outlook of course) you're infected. (Now if the virus kiddies would get smarter and figure out how to package along a nasty AppleScript instead of a Visual Basic Script...) = The earth swarms with inhabitants. Why then should nature, which is fruitful to an excess here, be so very barren in the rest of the planets? Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686 [EMAIL PROTECTED] My ICQ# 16024947 __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
That is the one. :P --- Cameron Kaiser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thare are about a half dozen people out there who's computers have the latest Outlook/Outlook Express virus and I keep getting junk attachments from them. What are they ? .exe files ? I'm wondering if they got hit by W32.Sircam since I'm getting a lot of them as well. Is it something like, ** Hi. How are you? I send you this file in order to have your advice. [this line varies] See you later. Thanks ** It can also say this in Spanish, and there is a viral payload attached. If so, watch out. See http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Symantec grades this as a severity 4 (5 = highest) security threat. It is also annotated on the CERT.org site. = The earth swarms with inhabitants. Why then should nature, which is fruitful to an excess here, be so very barren in the rest of the planets? Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686 [EMAIL PROTECTED] My ICQ# 16024947 __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Virus proof. Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
--- Jim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My estimation is that yes, it's a very bad infection this time. I've received about a dozen copies of it in the past couple days. Fortunately I drive a Mac... That's why I use Yahoo mail for mailing lists. Ain't gonna get no viri that way. For my normal mail I use Netscape. No version of Outlook on any of my PC boxes, no Windows Scripting Host either. WSH was the MS answer to AppleScript, unfortunately the only people who use WSH are the virus creators. :P Is Outlook 5.0.2 for Mac AppleScriptable? If so I'll bet an enterprising cracker could do the same junk to Macs. = The earth swarms with inhabitants. Why then should nature, which is fruitful to an excess here, be so very barren in the rest of the planets? Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686 [EMAIL PROTECTED] My ICQ# 16024947 __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
That would be yet another very good reason to run 7.1 instead of 7.5.x. (Now if the virus kiddies would get smarter and figure out how to package along a nasty AppleScript instead of a Visual Basic Script...) -- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM system6 list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Virus proof. Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
There was already an applescript virus not long ago. It was called 'Simpson' or something like that. Marten Is Outlook 5.0.2 for Mac AppleScriptable? If so I'll bet an enterprising cracker could do the same junk to Macs. -- Check out the System 6 Heaven: http://www.euronet.nl/users/mvdk/system_6_heaven.html Subscribe to the LEM system6 list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
--- Steve Moody [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 9:17 PM -0400 7/27/2001, Amber Rhea wrote: What was the statistic? Over 10,000 known Windows viruses and fewer than 10 for the Mac? Closer to truth is 15,000 for Windows/DOS and 700 for Mac. The chance of an effective worm for a Mac would be for it to be cross platform. Possible? Likely? I figure it should be possible for some enterprising little @$#%nut to infect PC Exchange or File Exchange with a double virus, one PC boot sector virus code and one to make Exchange write the PC virus to any PC floppy you use in the Mac. = The earth swarms with inhabitants. Why then should nature, which is fruitful to an excess here, be so very barren in the rest of the planets? Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686 [EMAIL PROTECTED] My ICQ# 16024947 __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
Re: Outlook/Windows users on this list?
--- Steve Conrad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Closer to truth is 15,000 for Windows/DOS and 700 for Mac. The chance of an effective worm for a Mac would be for it to be cross platform. Possible? Likely? Any that would affect the Mac nowadays (OS X) would have to also affect Unix/Linux/BSD operating systems to be truly affective. Some a-hole actually went and wrote a cross platform Linux/Windows virus. It doesn't actually do anything nasty, just infects stuff. But of course someone will take the code and create something real bad based on it. :P = The earth swarms with inhabitants. Why then should nature, which is fruitful to an excess here, be so very barren in the rest of the planets? Bernard de Fontenelle, 1686 [EMAIL PROTECTED] My ICQ# 16024947 __ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 740 Printers refurbished $79 | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac, sign up for PayPal, possible $5 bonus. http://lowendmac.com/ad/paypal.html Star Trek Collection: Movies 1-7 on VideoCD, $38.88 from CoolVCD http://lowendmac.com/ad/coolvcd.html - - - - - Vintage Macs list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml The FAQ:http://macfaq.binhost.com/ Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/ Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
