On Wed, 2015-06-24 at 11:46 -0600, jd1008 wrote: > I will try to 'entertain' and 'educate' myself by surgically > dismantling the beast. In fact I would also like to give the ROMs to a > friend (HW and FW engineer) who has equipment to read the ROMs, and > disassemble the contents. Actually, that reminds me. Years ago, on another mailing list, there was a request for PCBs for a specific drive, to try and resurrect data from a dead drive (presuming that the electronics was the failure point). So, if a board can be unscrewed and unplugged, it may be useful to someone, later on. > The kaspersky revelation that the HD roms contain malware was a very > interesting article. Hmm, this intrigues me. Do tell. I seem to recall reading about some spy agencies getting stuff in to bypass personal security, if that's what you mean. -- tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp Linux 3.19.8-100.fc20.i686 #1 SMP Tue May 12 17:42:35 UTC 2015 i686 All mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted, there is no point trying to privately email me, I will only read messages posted to the public lists. George Orwell's '1984' was supposed to be a warning against tyranny, not a set of instructions for supposedly democratic governments. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org