BANDIT III, Encore’s multifunction communications appliance for utility networks, easily moves SCADA systems from analog lines (point-to-point or multidrop) to the utility operator’s choice of IP, frame relay, cellular data link, satellite, cable modem, or digital leased line service--or a combination of those services with analog modems.
An integral terminal server converts serial asynchronous data (bit or byte oriented) into IP or frame relay packets for transmission to the host site on modern digital transmission services.
The BANDIT has been certified by major carriers as compatible with and acceptable to commercial cellular networks.
November: The SCA virus, a boot sector virus for Amigas appears, immediately creating a pandemic virus-writer storm.
A short time later, SCA releases another, considerably more destructive virus, the ByteBandit.
A program called Elk Cloner, written for Apple II systems, is credited with being the first computer virus to appear "in the wild"—that is, outside the single computer or lab where it was created.