Re: TI-H: linux...

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Subject: Re: TI-H: linux...
From: "David Knaack" <dknaack@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 15:36:23 PDT
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>From: sampablo2@juno.com (Sam Camp)
>>Is that related to Fortress, the lockout software used on the Dells in 
>>my old
>>school?  It can be bypassed if you have Word installed.  Just call up
>>command.com via some simple Visual Basic for Applications coding.
>
>I don't know any thing about Foolproof, but hearing Fortress brings 
back
>fond memories.  You can also get by Fortress by sticking in one of 
those
>win95 startup floppies, or breaking out to a DOS prompt while 
config.sys
>is doing its thing.

The first thing loaded in the config.sys at my school killed ability
to break out of the load, very difficult (if not impossable) to break
on the first line of config.sys.  The solution was to hold down some
keys during boot and force a keyboard failure, which on the IBM model 
25's would dump you into dos, bypassing the startup files.
I just carried around my boot floppy with all the network drivers tho,
much easier :)

DK

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