Subj : Re: Non-game games
To   : Bob Worm
From : candycane
Date : Wed Aug 23 2023 22:09:11

  Re: Non-game games
  By: Bob Worm to All on Wed Aug 23 2023 03:53 pm

 BW> I know I used to tool around with any computer I could get access to and
 BW> it would keep me amused. In school that might have involved editing
 BW> AUTOEXEC.BAT to briefly display "infected by fart virus" during boot so I
 BW> could watch the poor metalwork tech who inherited responsibility for the
 BW> school's computers trying to clean it with Norton AntiVirus half a dozen
 BW> times. 

Oh man, I remember when I was first getting into linux. I only had like one flashdrive that I made a bootdisk, and I was so worried I would accidentily boot into Linux and gte into big trouble. Never actually happened tho.

 BW> (yes with a "c" in Acorn land. They would take it in turns to "bury" a

You forgot to close the parenthesis.

 BW> Anyway - sorry for the novel, here's my question: What non-game games did
 BW> you used to play (or do you still play) on retro tech?

Well, I sometimes like using nmap to randomly explore websites/telnets. I think once I got a "WIP" website for a automotive company. Also, spamming pacman -Syu every second.

candycane

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