Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!b.gp.cs.cmu.edu!Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU From: Ralf.Brown@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Preventing Floppy Boots Message-ID: <24eac58e@ralf> Date: 17 Aug 89 14:02:54 GMT Sender: ralf@b.gp.cs.cmu.edu Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: <1710@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> In article <1710@crdgw1.crd.ge.com>, davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (ody) wrote: }Watch out for password systems, if you lose the password you may *really }lose*. I saw this on a PS/2, where 2 months of work was flushed for want }of a password. I thought you could clear the password by opening the case and pulling out the battery for a few minutes. (at least that's what I've heard a number of times) -- UUCP: {ucbvax,harvard}!cs.cmu.edu!ralf -=-=-=-=- Voice: (412) 268-3053 (school) ARPA: ralf@cs.cmu.edu BIT: ralf%cs.cmu.edu@CMUCCVMA FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/46 FAX: available on request Disclaimer? I claimed something? "Drama is life with the dull bits left out." -- Alfred Hitchcock