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		transitorykris on Aug 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: MS Teams channels cannot contain MS-DOS device nam... In the mid-90s there was a fun and short period of time where IRC clients like mIRC could be set to auto-receive files through DCC.. and would happily write to names like LPT1 (which of course would just write the data directly to the recipient’s printer)

grishka on Aug 10, 2023 [–]

Also, send a COM1 file containing "+++ATH" to someone you dislike to see them disconnect. I just made this up but it should work, right?

zten on Aug 10, 2023 | [–]

For the absolute worst modems, I believe you could just send that in a PING on IRC and their client would write the string back and hang up

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