On 23 Nov at 23:11, William Hargrave of 2:254/211.20 wrote to rod fewster:
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rf>> Unless you can provide me with a working sample, the subject is
rf>> OFF-TOPIC!  (This means "Drop the subject NOW!")
WH> Well, you can seek an MFM harddisk off the end of it's travel (by 
WH> formatting it too big) and damage it.
You can't. Well, you could do on one particular brand and only then in two 
models, in about 1988, and you didn't need a virus to do it.
They left out the mechanical stop. Easily fixed.
As Rod said. It's off-topic except if you can provide Rod with a working 
sample.
No-one has come forward to do so and with the virus-writing expertise around, 
I'm sure that, if it could be done, it would have been done.
EOT
Regards,
Chris Maddock
chrism@bbs.st.net.au
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