-=> Quoting Scott Mcnay to Edward Rutledge <=-
 SM> *** Edward Rutledge wrote in a message to Ole Hejlskov:
 SM> A simple-minded program isn't difficult.  At least TWICE, I've
 SM> written one on the fly to wipe out the CMOS of a computer that
 SM> has screwed-up settings (this happens once in a while, and the
 SM> cure is to just wipe the CMOS and let the BIOS put in default
 SM> values).
 SM> I usually just run up QBASIC:
 SM> for a = 0 to 255
 SM>      out &h70,a
 SM>      out &h71,a
 SM> next a
 SM> The value written to &H71 can be any value instead of A.  I
 SM> use A because writing 0 sometimes causes the checksum(s) to be
 SM> correct.  I want them to NOT be correct, so that the BIOS will
 SM> rebuild it all from scratch.
 SM> Some computers, such as some Packard Bell models, have a
 SM> password jumper.
Thank you for this information.  I have just captured it to paper.
I doubt if I will ever need this information, but who knows?  Thanks
again...
I duplicated what you said so that others may "glom onto" it if they
want.
Ed
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