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Article #2778Re: Recovering ROM monitor password
From: Jim De Arras
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 02:53
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 02:53
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In article <1ask66INN2ga@ustores.ustores.missouri.edu> usbill@ustores.ustores.missouri.edu (Bill Canning) writes: > In article <1aif4dINNm0d@ustores.ustores.missouri.edu> I write: > > >Can I attach an IBM 3510 CD-ROM drive to a non-Turbo NeXTstation Color > >machine? If so, how? > > > > Thanks to all those who responded. The easiest way to get rid of the hard- > ware password is to do the following: > > Remove the lithium battery. > > Put the battery in the opposite way for 2 or 3 seconds. (Or simply > leave it out for a while.) I would NEVER put the battery in backwards! If they have a protection diode, it will do nothing. If not, you run the risk of damaging the clock chip, or of exploding caps or even (remotely) blowing the battery seals! > > Return the battery to its original orientation. > > Unfortunately, this DOES erase the ROM monitor's parameters. > > There is also a program that will find out the password. > > -- > Bill Canning usbill@ustores.ustores.missouri.edu (Internet) > (314) 882-2131 muccgw.usbill@ssgate.missouri.edu (cc:Mail) > [314] 882=4699 (Fax) CSPECWC@MIZZOU1 (BITNET) Jim -- Jim De Arras | The opinions expressed herein are Hand Held Products, Inc.| not necessarily those of Hand 804.784.3090 voice | Held Products, Inc., and may not 804.784.3147 FAX | even be mine. Use at your own risk
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!agate!stanford.edu!rock!concert!uvaarpa!clem!news From: jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) Subject: Re: Recovering ROM monitor password Message-ID: <1992Oct8.025357.9551@cube.handheld.com> Sender: news@cube.handheld.com Nntp-Posting-Host: dale Organization: Hand Held Products, Inc. References: <1ask66INN2ga@ustores.ustores.missouri.edu> Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 02:53:57 GMT Lines: 41