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Re: Recovering ROM monitor password

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From: Jim De Arras
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

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