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Re:Introducing Project Mu by SmellyGeekBoy on Thursday December 20, 2018 @04:04AM (#18723438)
BIOS firmware has been flashable from the OS since, what, the Windows 98 days? I'm sure I remember updating the BIOS on an old Pentium III ThinkPad in this manner.
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Re:Introducing Project Mu by kortilla on Thursday December 20, 2018 @04:56AM (#18723655)
I remember when it used to require a jumper change so it couldn’t be triggered by malware. How I miss those days
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Re:Introducing Project Mu by vthriller on Thursday December 20, 2018 @06:35AM (#18724046)
Not to mention BIOS-destroying viruses from that era: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIH_(computer_virus)
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