From: nospam.Ed.Vance@f1.n770.z2161.fidonet.org   
      
   05-29-17 07:41 Brandon wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Patch now!   
   Howdy! Brandon,   
      
    Br> @MSGID: <592C37A5.2160.cbm@capitolcityonline.net>   
    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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