On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Exibar wrote:
Hi, Reminds me of a numeric math class at university where we "managed" to DoS a BASIC programmable caluclator with an infinite loop. You had to drop out the battery. Unfortunally the teacher was not amused. my 2 cents :) Sebastian > Not really a hack but it was fun: > > Back in HighSchool, sophomore year I think, 1984, our HighSchool had a > PDP-10 for Pascal, Fortran, Basic, and cobol classes. This was the first > year that computer programming was offered if I remember correctly. Well, I > wrote an infinate loop in Fortran (accidentally, really!), well guess what I > did, I caused the first DoS. That infinite loop simply sucked up all the > cycles that poor hunk of iron could give it and wouldn't allow anyone to do > anything. Of course, my terminal was able to anything I wanted, as long as > it was terminating the program ;-) > > After I discovered what I unintentionally did, and both programming > teachers were done pulling out their hair, I quietly kept my little infinite > loop in the back of my head for future use. I don't think I ever used it > again though.... really! probably because they knew that I knew how to do > it and I'd be blames straight away for any "lock-ups" of the system :-) > > > You guys decide if it was a hack or not, not even in the 60's or 70's but > mid 80's, It really was unintentional but I look back at it and smile :-) > > Exibar > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Clairmont, Jan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Gary E. Miller'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:49 PM > Subject: RE: [Full-Disclosure] Oldest Hack Sept. 1970 Just for Fun > > > > > > That's the spirit, just curious. I teach and it is fun to have > > material to relieve the boredom. > > > > Hopefully, the statute of limitations has run out on us all 8-> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gary E. Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 1:37 PM > > To: Clairmont, Jan > > Subject: RE:[Full-Disclosure] Oldest Hack Sept. 1970 Just for Fun > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Yo Jan! > > > > I got to Brown University in 1971. By then there were already many tales > of > > people hacking the university mainframe in the lat '60s. > > > > So you are going to have to go WAY back. > > > > My HS had a Model 33 teletype that we could use to dial to a local > > university mainframe. In 1968 I tricked a GE time share guy giving demos > at > > a mall to show me his dial-in number, username and password. With that we > > ran up the HS long distance bill for months playing with the fancy GE > > mainframe. > > > > RGDS > > GARY > > - > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > Gary E. Miller Rellim 20340 Empire Blvd, Suite E-3, Bend, OR 97701 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:+1(541)382-8588 Fax: +1(541)382-8676 > > > > On Wed, 4 Feb 2004, Clairmont, Jan wrote: > > > > > Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2004 10:58:36 -0500 > > > From: "Clairmont, Jan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: RE:[Full-Disclosure] Oldest Hack Sept. 1970 Just for Fun > > > > > > For all you oldies and newbies anyone know of an > > > older student or other hack? Back in Sept. 1970 > > > we as Waukesha HS students got in a teletype, modem and > > > had access to BASIC, I mean BASIC. We were allowed > > > 2 hours computer time. And of course one of us > > > "wise group of birds" David Ferrie, found out how to change the system > > > time, so we could program all day. > > > > > > Anyone know of an older hack, just for the Guiness Book > > > of Records? > > > > > > TIME$ A$=TIME$ > > > > > > Jan Clairmont > > > LDAP and Solaris Admin. Consultant and anything else I can Get my > > > Hands On. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFAITvr8KZibdeR3qURAhtwAJ4nekP49t9UwbOQjZZlC+5obTJHEACgxuu/ > > 1XHcwzcZZEgE7BX+/UgEOl4= > > =TZHg > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > -- ~ ~ perl self.pl ~ $_='print"\$_=\47$_\47;eval"';eval ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] - SuSE Security Team ~ _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
