OG Computer Security 🔑

@monsieuricon @catsalad Actushually, it injected nitric oxide (NOX) into the southbridge, which was then shunted to the CPU via specialized PCB channels.

Which anyone who actually built a homebrew computer in the 80s would know.

Sheesh.

@monsieuricon@social.kernel.org @catsalad@infosec.exchange if you put your ear onto the computer whilst pressing "turbo" you can hear Vin Diesel whisper "Family"

@catsalad damn straight

@foobarsoft @FediThing @catsalad

@catsalad I'd pay for an additional choke. Ya know, one of those pull-thingies...

@monsieuricon @catsalad

@catsalad I especially like how the 3-digit display is labeled "Display".

@foobarsoft @FediThing @catsalad This is the proper way to secure Microsoft products.

@catsalad

I bet @alice could pick that lock in no time

@Aprazeth @alice So how would you pick that kind of lock, anyway?

@catsalad Is this from the LGR Woodgrain 486 series? I was watching that recently lol

@catsalad @Mustardfacial don't forget to hold the turbo button while you crank it, and back off just as the bootloader catches.

@rotopenguin @catsalad You only have to do that in the winter. Air is usually warm enough in the summer that it'll fire up right away.

@Mustardfacial @catsalad I still keep stumbling over these.

@catsalad
... You're asking @alice right?

Because I'd either just use cardboard or open the case and unplug it.

Then again, at times there was an extra set of keys inside the case so...

@catsalad do you still have that machine? I need to read a 5.25...

@catsalad and drink machine insecurity

@catsalad "surely malicious actors don't know about screwdrivers, do they?"

@Mustardfacial @catsalad Fun fact: this does actually exist. Yes, there are cases where the power switch is rigged to a key. I guess for businesses that want their systems to never ever be shut off or something, lol.

@catsalad ooh a physical key pair