Talk:Stoned (computer virus)

Silly theories, poor sources

I've just removed a link to a silly suggestion that the NZ Defense deliberately spread the virus, and that (from an anonymous forum post) that it was written in Australia. In fact it was written in Wellington, New Zealand, but there's no reputable reference for that, so we can't say so in the article :-) Snori (talk) 19:05, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

Turns out there are good references, so I've added them. Snori (talk) 21:21, 10 September 2010 (UTC)

First Boot Sector Virus

Removed the reference to it being the first boot sector virus. Brain was earlier. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.123.104.22 (talk) 00:42, 18 March 2011 (UTC)

Screenshot

Where did that screenshot come from? I don't recall 1980's CMOS screens supporting alpha gradients. Plus, the virus affected the boot sector, NOT the CMOS. I saw a computer that was infected with this virus back in the early 90's. The PC would boot past the CMOS, and then go to a completely black screen with white text in the upper left hand corner which read "Your PC is now stoned!". Perhaps the artist's intent was to highlight the virus' text? If so, the image should be reworked so nobody will confuse it with a virgin screenshot. -- Big Brother 1984 (talk) 14:49, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

I would agree that the screenshot isn't period-correct (and arguably not useful anyway). However, I've seen images of other computers with a similar display , and my understanding of the explanation of the virus (which is poor) is that it modifies parts of the INT13 interrupt in RAM. I have no reason to believe the image is faked, though my momentary lack of a computer with a 360kb drive prevents me from testing it. I might work on setting one up and try to recreate it, hopefully with video. inclusivedisjunction (talk) 17:11, 3 December 2012 (UTC)

It does not look like a screenshot at all. I nominated the image for deletion from Commons. Keφr 18:11, 16 December 2012 (UTC)

Made in Taiwan?

Must have been about then that I first met this thing. on a machine in Taipei... Number774 (talk) 20:28, 1 September 2015 (UTC)

Odd link

"Hexcode" redirects to "Web colors", which seems to be not what the link intended to point to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Guyy8fh (talk • contribs) 17:32, 4 November 2017 (UTC)