JF
J. Forster
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 1:16 AM
I recently bought some clean IBM Thinkpads cheap with unknown Boot
PassWords. There is a hack to access the existing PWs and rewrite them,
but it requires connecting to an 8 pin SMT IC.
I know several vendors make "Dip Clip" type devices for connection to such
chips, but I'd like reccomendations on whose are really any good.
Also, if anyone has one they'd like to part with, please drop me a note
off line.
Thanks,
-John
========================
I recently bought some clean IBM Thinkpads cheap with unknown Boot
PassWords. There is a hack to access the existing PWs and rewrite them,
but it requires connecting to an 8 pin SMT IC.
I know several vendors make "Dip Clip" type devices for connection to such
chips, but I'd like reccomendations on whose are really any good.
Also, if anyone has one they'd like to part with, please drop me a note
off line.
Thanks,
-John
========================
G
gary
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 1:39 AM
I've only used 3M clips, so I can't say who makes the best clip.
There is a gold plated version too. 923655-08
Pomona might be OK.
All mine came from failed electronics companies hitting the local
surplus shop, but $10 for a clip doesn't sound outrageous.
On 9/29/2012 6:16 PM, J. Forster wrote:
I recently bought some clean IBM Thinkpads cheap with unknown Boot
PassWords. There is a hack to access the existing PWs and rewrite them,
but it requires connecting to an 8 pin SMT IC.
I know several vendors make "Dip Clip" type devices for connection to such
chips, but I'd like reccomendations on whose are really any good.
Also, if anyone has one they'd like to part with, please drop me a note
off line.
Thanks,
-John
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I've only used 3M clips, so I can't say who makes the best clip.
> http://www.hmcelectronics.com/product/3M/923650-08
There is a gold plated version too. 923655-08
Pomona might be OK.
All mine came from failed electronics companies hitting the local
surplus shop, but $10 for a clip doesn't sound outrageous.
On 9/29/2012 6:16 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> I recently bought some clean IBM Thinkpads cheap with unknown Boot
> PassWords. There is a hack to access the existing PWs and rewrite them,
> but it requires connecting to an 8 pin SMT IC.
>
> I know several vendors make "Dip Clip" type devices for connection to such
> chips, but I'd like reccomendations on whose are really any good.
>
> Also, if anyone has one they'd like to part with, please drop me a note
> off line.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -John
>
> ========================
>
>
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Joseph Gray
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 1:57 AM
I bought some 8-pin SMT clips a few years ago, but don't remember
where I got them. The only brands I know of are 3M, AP and Pomona. You
will find that these things are expensive.
Joe Gray
W5JG
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 7:16 PM, J. Forster jfor@quikus.com wrote:
I recently bought some clean IBM Thinkpads cheap with unknown Boot
PassWords. There is a hack to access the existing PWs and rewrite them,
but it requires connecting to an 8 pin SMT IC.
I know several vendors make "Dip Clip" type devices for connection to such
chips, but I'd like reccomendations on whose are really any good.
Also, if anyone has one they'd like to part with, please drop me a note
off line.
Thanks,
-John
========================
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I bought some 8-pin SMT clips a few years ago, but don't remember
where I got them. The only brands I know of are 3M, AP and Pomona. You
will find that these things are expensive.
Joe Gray
W5JG
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 7:16 PM, J. Forster <jfor@quikus.com> wrote:
> I recently bought some clean IBM Thinkpads cheap with unknown Boot
> PassWords. There is a hack to access the existing PWs and rewrite them,
> but it requires connecting to an 8 pin SMT IC.
>
> I know several vendors make "Dip Clip" type devices for connection to such
> chips, but I'd like reccomendations on whose are really any good.
>
> Also, if anyone has one they'd like to part with, please drop me a note
> off line.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -John
>
> ========================
>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts
> and follow the instructions there.
>
RD
Robert Darlington
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 3:35 AM
I've only used 3M clips, so I can't say who makes the best clip.
There is a gold plated version too. 923655-08
Pomona might be OK
I use Pamona "chip clips" (at least that's what I call them) and
they work just fine for what I do. They attach to various sized SOIC
chips.
-Bob
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 7:39 PM, gary <lists@lazygranch.com> wrote:
> I've only used 3M clips, so I can't say who makes the best clip.
>
>> http://www.hmcelectronics.com/product/3M/923650-08
>
>
> There is a gold plated version too. 923655-08
>
> Pomona might be OK
I use Pamona "chip clips" (at least that's what *I* call them) and
they work just fine for what I do. They attach to various sized SOIC
chips.
-Bob
RD
Robert Darlington
Sun, Sep 30, 2012 3:37 AM
I've only used 3M clips, so I can't say who makes the best clip.
There is a gold plated version too. 923655-08
Pomona might be OK
I use Pamona "chip clips" (at least that's what I call them) and
they work just fine for what I do. They attach to various sized SOIC
chips.
-Bob
This is the one. Sorry for not taking the time to send this in the
previous email:
http://www.mcmelectronics.com/product/POMONA-5514-/201-075
-Bob
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 9:35 PM, Robert Darlington
<rdarlington@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 7:39 PM, gary <lists@lazygranch.com> wrote:
>> I've only used 3M clips, so I can't say who makes the best clip.
>>
>>> http://www.hmcelectronics.com/product/3M/923650-08
>>
>>
>> There is a gold plated version too. 923655-08
>>
>> Pomona might be OK
>
> I use Pamona "chip clips" (at least that's what *I* call them) and
> they work just fine for what I do. They attach to various sized SOIC
> chips.
>
> -Bob
AK
Attila Kinali
Mon, Oct 1, 2012 6:59 AM
On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:16:57 -0700 (PDT)
"J. Forster" jfor@quikus.com wrote:
I recently bought some clean IBM Thinkpads cheap with unknown Boot
PassWords. There is a hack to access the existing PWs and rewrite them,
but it requires connecting to an 8 pin SMT IC.
I know several vendors make "Dip Clip" type devices for connection to such
chips, but I'd like reccomendations on whose are really any good.
What speaks against soldering some AWG30 wire onto the pins?
Usually thats nearly as fast as using a clip, but gives you much
better connection. Unless i have dozens of boards i have to connect
to, i usually use this instead of clips.
Attila Kinali
--
The trouble with you, Shev, is you don't say anything until you've saved
up a whole truckload of damned heavy brick arguments and then you dump
them all out and never look at the bleeding body mangled beneath the heap
-- Tirin, The Dispossessed, U. Le Guin
On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:16:57 -0700 (PDT)
"J. Forster" <jfor@quikus.com> wrote:
> I recently bought some clean IBM Thinkpads cheap with unknown Boot
> PassWords. There is a hack to access the existing PWs and rewrite them,
> but it requires connecting to an 8 pin SMT IC.
>
> I know several vendors make "Dip Clip" type devices for connection to such
> chips, but I'd like reccomendations on whose are really any good.
What speaks against soldering some AWG30 wire onto the pins?
Usually thats nearly as fast as using a clip, but gives you much
better connection. Unless i have dozens of boards i have to connect
to, i usually use this instead of clips.
Attila Kinali
--
The trouble with you, Shev, is you don't say anything until you've saved
up a whole truckload of damned heavy brick arguments and then you dump
them all out and never look at the bleeding body mangled beneath the heap
-- Tirin, The Dispossessed, U. Le Guin
JF
J. Forster
Mon, Oct 1, 2012 1:40 PM
Aging eyesight, for one. For another, I don't like hacking up hardware.
And there is not a lot of access, except from directly above, and lots of
easily melted plastic nereby.
-John
==============
On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:16:57 -0700 (PDT)
"J. Forster" jfor@quikus.com wrote:
I recently bought some clean IBM Thinkpads cheap with unknown Boot
PassWords. There is a hack to access the existing PWs and rewrite them,
but it requires connecting to an 8 pin SMT IC.
I know several vendors make "Dip Clip" type devices for connection to
such
chips, but I'd like reccomendations on whose are really any good.
What speaks against soldering some AWG30 wire onto the pins?
Usually thats nearly as fast as using a clip, but gives you much
better connection. Unless i have dozens of boards i have to connect
to, i usually use this instead of clips.
Attila Kinali
--
The trouble with you, Shev, is you don't say anything until you've saved
up a whole truckload of damned heavy brick arguments and then you dump
them all out and never look at the bleeding body mangled beneath the heap
-- Tirin, The Dispossessed, U. Le Guin
Aging eyesight, for one. For another, I don't like hacking up hardware.
And there is not a lot of access, except from directly above, and lots of
easily melted plastic nereby.
-John
==============
> On Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:16:57 -0700 (PDT)
> "J. Forster" <jfor@quikus.com> wrote:
>
>> I recently bought some clean IBM Thinkpads cheap with unknown Boot
>> PassWords. There is a hack to access the existing PWs and rewrite them,
>> but it requires connecting to an 8 pin SMT IC.
>>
>> I know several vendors make "Dip Clip" type devices for connection to
>> such
>> chips, but I'd like reccomendations on whose are really any good.
>
> What speaks against soldering some AWG30 wire onto the pins?
> Usually thats nearly as fast as using a clip, but gives you much
> better connection. Unless i have dozens of boards i have to connect
> to, i usually use this instead of clips.
>
>
> Attila Kinali
> --
> The trouble with you, Shev, is you don't say anything until you've saved
> up a whole truckload of damned heavy brick arguments and then you dump
> them all out and never look at the bleeding body mangled beneath the heap
> -- Tirin, The Dispossessed, U. Le Guin
>
>
