The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIt's gotten so flashymedia.piefed.worldimagemessage-square61linkfedilinkarrow-up1844arrow-down18
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minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·2 months agoI have a 486 with a mouse driven BIOS… Edit: Here is a screenshot I found online that looks like the one I have (note the 1994 copyright at the top):
minus-squarelichtmetzger@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 months agoThe BIOS on some old Thinkpads has a bird flapping its wings as a mouse cursor. My 560X from 1998 has one of those BIOSes, too.
minus-squarevaionko@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI hace a 380z with that bios, it’s lovely
minus-squareGork@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoThat Antivirus must have had the last security update decades ago lol
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agolol, in this case ‘update’ would require physically replacing the ROM chip on the motherboard. Sometimes they were nice enough to make it a socketed chip.
minus-squareGork@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoAt least the attack surface is super small right now. Probably not many viruses out in the wild targeting 486s.
I have a 486 with a mouse driven BIOS…
Edit: Here is a screenshot I found online that looks like the one I have (note the 1994 copyright at the top):
The BIOS on some old Thinkpads has a bird flapping its wings as a mouse cursor.
My 560X from 1998 has one of those BIOSes, too.
I hace a 380z with that bios, it’s lovely
That Antivirus must have had the last security update decades ago lol
lol, in this case ‘update’ would require physically replacing the ROM chip on the motherboard. Sometimes they were nice enough to make it a socketed chip.
At least the attack surface is super small right now. Probably not many viruses out in the wild targeting 486s.