Re: BIOS access? (IBM Netvista 688160J)

Paul Adare <pkadare@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Check with the OEM who makes the computer in question. This has nothing at
all to do with an operating system.

Hi, I understand that this has nothing to do with the OS - but i thought
it might have to do with "security", such as "making access difficult".
:-)

The OEM is IBM, so I'll try and see whether I can get info in one of the
IBM newsgroups - after all, it's an "old" machine... :-)

Larry
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