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2013-12-14

1990s, 1999, teletext.

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Nicktext from children’s channel Nickleodeon 1999, via

2013-12-09

1980s, 1990s, antiope, bbs, france, minitel, videotex.

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Minitel microservers, via.

2013-11-29

1990s, ansi, bbs.

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Four Winds – a US bulletin board dedicated to native American culture. Note that it supports both FidoNet and Native_Network.

via sixteen colors

2013-11-23

1980s, 1990s, teletext, usa.

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Electra was a teletext service in the United States that was in operation from the early 1980s up until 1993

2013-11-21

1990s, petscii, scene.

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C64 PETSCII graphics by Tyron, 1997. source

2013-11-10

1990s, ansi, Australia, bbs.

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Koala Country was an Australian BBS, 1989-1995. More here.

2013-11-03

1990s, 1993, amiga, animation, code, demoscene, finland, petscii, scene.

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Knight rider by Limbo, 1993. Amiga demo with PETSCII.

2013-10-20

1990s, MSX, virus.

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ZAPP is the only real virus for the MSX computer. It was written by Wybe Wijkamp in 1993. The virus infects all COM files and on the screen, the text:

“Did you know today;??‘s ZAPP‘s birthday”

2013-10-20

1990s, DOS, virus.

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Virus.DOS.First.343 (1997) hook INT 21h and writes itself to the end of .COM files that are accessed. The virus contains the text:

First 1.1 Copyright ( ) 1997 DataLife+ Corp.

*Gif made from the video AVG 5.0 Virus Demo Payloads

2013-10-20

1990s, DOS, virus.

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Semtex virus (1997) hook INT 8, 21h and write themselves to the end of .COM files that are opened or executed. Sometimes they fill the screen with random data. They contain the texts:

“Semtex.515,619,1000.a”:

S E M T E X by Dusan Toman, CZECHOSLOVAKIA (7)213-040 or (804)212-23

“Semtex.686”:

!!! explosive !!! S E M T E X !!! explosive !!! Written by Dusan Toman, CZECHOSLOVAKIA Pyrotechnician Lilo Hedera (7)213-040 or (804)212-23

“Semtex.1000.b”:

S E M T E X by Dusan Toman, CZECHOSLOVAKIA *** Have a nice day ***

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