Re: My apologies to the list (Re: ANSI Bombs are still a threat?)

[Michael Conlen <meconlen@IntNet.net>]

On Wed, 7 Dec 1994, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:

> That person asks that I post instructions for recovering from so heinous
> an attack.  All I can suggest is escaping to a shell and doing a 'clear'
> (or, under MS-DOS, 'cls').

I have found that some attacks that leave your screen doing strange 
things can be recoverd from by ussing the talk command. This program, on 
UNIX machines seems to reset alot of things that might have gone array 
with your screen.

						Groove on Dude
						Michael Conlen