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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
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Organization: Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science
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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)
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