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Article #394Re: Another secret message
From: Simon Taylor
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1989 21:07
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 1989 21:07
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In article <162@bucsb.UUCP> apo...@bucsb.bu.edu (Douglas Chan) writes: >In article <15000@well.UUCP> mandel@well.UUCP (Tom Mandel) writes: >>The only secret message I ever discovered was in the FW.EXE file >>of Framework 1.0, the first release of Ashton-Tate's integrated >>software package for IBM-PCs and compatibles. Stuck somewhere >>down in the middle of what was a 200K file of gibberish is the >>ASCII string: "BEAT CAL". I remember in one of the overlay files for Wordstar Version 2.01 (or thereabouts) for my trusty Apple ][+ running CP/M, if one "typed" or cat'd the file you saw nothing interesting, if however you were a little more persistent and used PIP (CP/M's attempt at dd) to dump the contents of the file, you were greated with the message: Nosey aren't you? Nice one Micropro ! Simon Taylor UUCP : simon@vision.uucp VisionWare Ltd BANGNET : ...!uunet!mcsun!ukc!vision!simon Systime House PHONE : +44 532 529292 Ex. 2458 Leeds Business Park FAX : +44 532 526614 Leeds LS27 0JG TELEX : 556283 SYSTIM G England ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------- VisionWare: The Home Of DOS-UNIX Integration ----------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!ukc!axion!vision!simon From: simon@vision.UUCP (Simon Taylor) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Another secret message Message-ID: <866@vision.UUCP> Date: 17 Dec 89 21:07:32 GMT References: <15000@well.UUCP> <162@bucsb.UUCP> Reply-To: simon@vision.UUCP (Simon Taylor) Organization: VisionWare Ltd., Leeds, UK Lines: 28 Posted: Sun Dec 17 22:07:32 1989 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit