Re: IBM 750CE PASSWORD

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From: Steve Hultquist (ssh_at_wwsi.com)
Date: Fri Mar 01 1996 - 00:37:24 EST


At 10:06 PM 2/29/96 +0000, Don Whiteside wrote:
>However, if the data is the thing, there is nothing non-standard
>about those hard drives and I am sure the password if just a
>boot-related vent, not an encryption system of any sort. You could
>probably remove the drive from the case, make it a slave drive and
>attach it to an existing system (with the proper 44 pin -> 40 pin
>adaptor, of course) and access the data that way. Not for the faint
>of heart, obviously.

This may or may not be true. I was under the impression (may be wrong) that
the disk required the controller, and the controller was frozen by the PW.

Cheers,
ssh

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Steve Hultquist                                Worldwide Solutions, Inc.
Distributed Systems and Internet Engineering           Boulder, Colorado


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