full-disclosure - Re: DOS all platforms

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Message-ID: <1074963377.3717.28.camel@tantor.nuclearelephant.com>
From: jonathan at nuclearelephant.com (Jonathan A. Zdziarski)
Subject: Re: DOS all platforms

> >>Causing Physical damage to equipment?

I heard of a bet going between a student and IBM many many years ago to
write a virus to cause physical damage.  Apparently the student was able
to use harmonic resonance and the hard disk drive to physically shake
the PC off the desk.