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Article #2841Re: Recovering ROM monitor password
From: Jim De Arras
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 01:47
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1992 01:47
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In article <1992Oct7.190049.21250@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> coco@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (felix.lugo) writes: > In article <1992Oct7.181323.7221@news.media.mit.edu> lacsap@plethora.media.mit.edu (Pascal Chesnais) writes: > >In article <1ask66INN2ga@ustores.ustores.missouri.edu> > >usbill@ustores.ustores.missouri.edu (Bill Canning) writes: > >> Put the battery in the opposite way for 2 or 3 seconds. (Or simply > >> leave it out for a while.) > > > > > >DO NOT DO REVERSE THE BATTERY!!!! Name me one NeXT document > >that states this should be done. > > > >pasc > > Would you care to expand on your comment? Name me one NeXT document > that states this should NOT be done? 8^) > > --Felix > > BTW, > I've performed this procedure several times (count 7), and I've > NEVER experienced any problems with doing this. Luck? Maybe, but it works! Then try reversing the one in your car. :-) Play with fire, if you will, but putting the battery in backwards is JUST PLAIN WRONG, and potentially WILL destroy your motherboard. Is the attempt to avoid a few extra minutes delay really worth the risk? Jim
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!portal!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!gatech!concert!uvaarpa!clem!news From: jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Re: Recovering ROM monitor password Message-ID: <1992Oct9.014720.8945@cube.handheld.com> Date: 9 Oct 92 01:47:20 GMT References: <1992Oct7.190049.21250@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> Sender: news@cube.handheld.com Organization: Hand Held Products, Inc. Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: dale