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From: asylvain@felix.UUCP (Alvin "the Chipmunk" Sylvain)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.misc,misc.consumers
Subject: Re: Everex BIOS Password
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Date: 14 Jun 91 03:26:18 GMT
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Written in article <91163.205448TEMNGT23@ysub.ysu.edu>
    by TEMNGT23@ysub.ysu.edu (Lou Anschuetz):

> Our university has been buying exclusively Everex PCs for about the
> last three years.  Our lastest shipment for student PC labs came with
> quite a surprise.  The new Setup routine lets you set a password on
> the hardware.  The only way to remove this password is to take the
> battery out of the machine and wait until the setup information is
> lost.  As you can imagine, putting these machines in an unsupervised
> student lab will soon lead to each and every one having a password
> on it.  Argh!

I'd say at first glance, that unless you have some compelling reason to
stick with Everex (other than "we always have") that you go ahead and
shop around for a different company.

I'm assuming this is an IBM clone, yes?  I'd daresay you'll find that
Everex has quite a bit of competition out there.  Dell has a good
reputation, as does AST.  I have no idea what their policy is re. sales
to educational institutions, however.

You might want to post and ask for opinions on what machine to buy
_instead_ of the Everex.  Be warned, tho, your mailbox may overflow!
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