{"podcast":{"title":"Advent of Computing","slug":"advent-of-computing-497186","podcast_index_feed_id":497186,"rss_url":"https://adventofcomputing.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://adventofcomputing.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/e/2/5/4e25bc8089f88907/logo5.png","author":"Sean S Haas","episode_count":199,"summary":"Welcome to Advent of Computing, the show that talks about the shocking, intriguing, and all too often relevant history of computing. A lot of little things we take for granted today have rich stories behind their creation, in each episode we will learn how older tech has lead to our modern world.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advent-of-computing-497186"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 169 - Dellinger's Viruses","slug":"episode-169-dellinger-s-viruses","published_at":"2025-10-26T23:20:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advent-of-computing-497186/episode-169-dellinger-s-viruses","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advent-of-computing-497186","url":"https://adventofcomputing.libsyn.com/episode-169-dellingers-viruses","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/adventofcomputing/ep169_dellinger_viruses.mp3?dest-id=1206722","summary":"In 1981 Joe Dellinger attempted to create the perfect computer program: a virus that spread silently. In 1982 a revision of that virus broke containment. It would have remained completely hidden if it wasn't for an obscure Apple II game. Today we look at the story and motivation behind that virus, and how it slipped into the sands of time. Or... did it!? The truth is if you have an Apple II it may be infected with Dellinger's virus! My main source: https://virus.wdfiles.com/local--files/applvir/Applvir.txt","meta_description":"In 1981 Joe Dellinger attempted to create the perfect computer program: a virus that spread silently. In 1982 a revision of that virus broke containment.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1570,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/advent-of-computing-497186/episodes/episode-169-dellinger-s-viruses/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/advent-of-computing-497186/episode-169-dellinger-s-viruses.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}