18 Aug
1999
18 Aug
'99
2:03 p.m.
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:48:53 -0600 "Richard Erlacher" <edick(a)idcomm.com>
writes:
You can't always unplug it. Nowadays, the PROMs
are soldered in and
you
reprogram them in situ.
How does that effect your definitions?
Stupidware, n: Data entities that can be deleted by software, which,
when so deleted require de-soldering of one or more parts in order
for them to be restored. <'Modern PeeCee's are generally now equipped
with *stupidware*, as a cost saving measure.'>
Slushware, n: The silly practice of de-compressing firmware, and
placing it in RAM, usually in a very vulnerable area of the address
space. <"When changed the address of the BIOS on my SCSI card, the
the boot message said that I had 'corrupt *slushware*'.>
Dick
-----Original Message-----
From: Dwight Elvey <elvey(a)hal.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, August 18, 1999 1:16 PM
Subject: RE: Article on old software programs (for IBM, Apple,
Borland, etc)
Definitely firmware. You can grab it and remove it. It is
plugged in.
Dwight
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"Charles P. Hobbs"
<transit(a)primenet.com> wrote:
>
> > If you said that that computer had "hardware software" I would
have
to kill you ;-)
Firmware?