Date: Sun, 07 Aug 1994 18:50:26 -0600 (MDT) From: "Rob Slade, Ed. DECrypt & ComNet, VARUG rep, 604-984-4067" Subject: "101 uses for a Dead Computer" by Wahlstrom BK101UDC.RVW 940510 Hayden Books 11711 N. College Ave., Suite 140 Carmel, IN 46032-5634 317-573-2500 317-581-3535 800-428-5331 800-428-3804 or 201 West 103rd St. Indianapolis, IN 46290 317-581-3718 fax: 317-581-4669 hayden@hayden.com haydenbks@aol.com 76350.3014@compuserve.com "101 Uses for a Dead Computer", Wahlstrom, 1992, 0-672-48540-0, U$7.95/C$9.95 There are, of course, the silly (deep sea diving helmet, hard drive powered foodprocessor), the standard (anchor, aquarium), and the cute (Chia pet, infant's adventure playground), but there are also a number of very useful suggstions here. Number twenty-two is one I always advocate in my virus seminars: use the old beast as a virus/trojan test and quarantine machine. I suspect the author was writing tongue-in-cheek when suggesting that your old machine could be a charitable donation, but there are a number of organizations in the United States whose sole purpose is to arrange donations of "outmoded" equipment for schools and charities. It would have been useful if these groups had been mentioned. A bit of fun in the gag gift department, but it could even be justified on the budget of corporate "surplus" offices. copyright Robert M. Slade, 1994 BK101UDC.RVW 940510 ============== Vancouver ROBERTS@decus.ca | My infected haiku Institute for Robert_Slade@sfu.ca | Jerusalem has added Research into rslade@cue.bc.ca | more Jerusalem User p1@CyberStore.ca | Security Canada V7K 2G6 | - virus haiku