05-29-17 07:41 Brandon wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Patch now!
Howdy! Brandon,

 Br> {at}MSGID: 
 Br> Ed Vance wrote on Sun, 28 May 2017 19:26:00 +1200:

 > Please let me know because I don't plan to visit the Twitter Link.

 Br> Yes, it was a joke, of course.  The WannaCry trojan couldn't run on a
 Br> Commodore 64, so there isn't actually a need to patch the C64 Kernal
 Br> to protect against it... to say nothing of the impossibility of a
 Br> trojan actually modifying the Kernal itself to put all of your data at
 Br> risk.....

Thank You.

I've heard of the Apple ][ Floppy Drive DOS (Disk Operating System) Code
is placed in computer memory by reading a file that is on the Floppy
Disk when the System is Turned On.

No Boot Disk, No DOS.  iirc.

The C= 1541 FDD has DOS in a ROM that's read when the drive is turned on.

A friend had the first Commodore Computer that I saw, a C= PET.
It came with a Tape Cassette Drive as other systems did in the early
days of computeing.

I waited until the price of the 1541 got lower before I felt I could
purchase it.
In March 1984I bought the 1541, 64 and VicModem300 the same day,
although I had to go to another store to get the 1541 since the local
store didn't have any 1541's in stock.

I read enough about storing programs on Tape and been to friends homes
where the computer they owned used Tape and had seen how long it took
to Load or Save a Program, that I didn't want to begin learning about
a home computer with Tape Storage.


... My PC is starting to drive me crazy(er). :)
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