RE: eWeek: Government-Funded Startup Blasts Rootkits

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rMslade () shaw ca>]

Date sent:              Sat, 29 Apr 2006 00:07:24 +1200
From:                   Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk>

> Of course, in MFM days (not sure if there is an IDE equivalent -- 
> anyone??) there was the old trick of cutting (or was it pulling to 
> zero?) the "write enable" line in the drive cable...

Yeah, MFM was a lot easier.  I remember that we found all kinds of problems with 
IDE: there was a lack of consistency in how the spec was implemented in this 
regard.  There was a line you could cut on some IDE controllers, but the 
differences meant that making it work with all required a lot of extra circuitry.

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