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Re: <<<<< Back door PASSWORD Award bios >>>>><<<<< PASSWORD >>>>>>>

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From: Hovsep Derboghossian
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 00:00
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>> if you have AMI bios AMI_SW also works on some versions
>> 
>
>Does anybody know the BIOS backdoor password for compaq machines, some
>of the older ones for 386s perhaps???
>

I have a 386 motherboard with an AMI BIOS dated 08/08/93.  I've 
never heard of back doors until recently.  How does one use 
this password?  Do I enable password checking, then enter it, 
or is it entered at some other point.

-Hovsep
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From: Hovsep Derboghossian <hovsep@ucla.edu>
Subject: Re: <<<<< Back door PASSWORD Award bios >>>>><<<<< PASSWORD >>>>>>>
Date: 1995/08/06
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