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> "Network stacks were exceptionally poor back then. A Pentium Pro could handle about 7000 interrupts per second, so any operating system (Linux, Windows, etc.) could be shut down by sending packets at that rate. This locks the CPU in the interrupt handler, so not even the mouse moved."
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