OT: Re: Security question (sort of)

From: Jason Willgruber <roblwill_at_usaor.net>
Date: Sat Mar 20 02:40:40 1999

I have an AMIBIOS "Burn-IN". I've reset it with the "clear BIOS jumper",
left the battery out for three days, and still no serial ports.--
         -Jason Willgruber
       (roblwill_at_usaor.net)
           ICQ#: 1730318
<http://members.tripod.com/general_1>
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-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 9:11 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Re: Security question (sort of)


>At 08:46 PM 3/19/99 -0800, Sellam wrote:
>
>"modern" computers have writable BIOS "roms." Malevolent crackers are
>writing bombs these days that scribble bits in nasty places in your BIOS.
>One of the worst is called "last place AWARD" that destroys an AWARD BIOS
>and resets your computer. No bios, no boot, no way to flash a new bios
>without some fairly specialized equipment (to do in circuit Flash
programming.)
>
>--Chuck
>
>
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Received on Sat Mar 20 1999 - 02:40:40 GMT