New Finds

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_ureach.com>
Date: Thu Dec 20 14:42:07 2001

---- On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Eric Dittman
(dittman_at_dittman.net) wrote:

> Today I found the following:
>
> 1) IBM PS/2 P70 Portable with Xenix386
loaded. Does anyone know
> how to bypass the root password so I can
log in?
>
> 2) A DEC BC56H SCSI cable. I have
enough, but since this is a
> little hard to find, I bought it to pass
on to anyone on the list
> that needs it.
>
> 3) An Apple board with part number
077-0219-A. This has two
> 9-pin connectors, one labeled "TO MOUSE
UNIT" and the other
> labeled "TO MOUSE CONN.". There's a
25-pin connector labeled
> "TO SCSI CONN.". The date on the board is
1985. Since the
> board only cost $1, I figured I'd better
grab it before it
> was tossed.
> --
> Eric Dittman
> dittman_at_dittman.net
> Check out the DEC Enthusiasts Club at
http://www.dittman.net/


One thing that may work is build a Linux box
with the support for the Xenix/SysV file
system and try to mount the drive from there
and edit out the password in the password
file.

I've done that before with other Unix
systems...

Bill
--
Bill Pechter
Systems Administrator
uReach Technologies
732-335-5432 (Work)
877-661-2126 (Fax)
Received on Thu Dec 20 2001 - 14:42:07 GMT

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