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argv minus one<p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BIOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BIOS</span></a> / <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a> in the '90s stored settings (boot order, etc) in battery-powered SRAM. If the battery died, all such settings were lost as soon as the computer was powered off.</p><p>I wonder if any BIOS developers ever considered storing this information in a partition on the hard drive itself? No worries about the battery then.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>Isn't it about time we start rallying against <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/proprietary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>proprietary</span></a> <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/firmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firmware</span></a> already? </p><p>From every <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> and <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/car" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>car</span></a> being a glorified <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/telemetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telemetry</span></a> machine, to every chip out there basically harboring <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/SecretSauce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecretSauce</span></a> with the "trust me bro" guarantee attached. </p><p>Neither <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> interests, <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chinese</span></a> interests or private interests should hold so much power. No one should. </p><p>All firmware; I repeat, ALL FIRMWARE should be <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a>. The firmware isn't open? <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Ban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ban</span></a> the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/product" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>product</span></a> outright.</p><p><a href="https://www.tarlogic.com/news/backdoor-esp32-chip-infect-ot-devices/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tarlogic.com/news/backdoor-esp</span><span class="invisible">32-chip-infect-ot-devices/</span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>Gasp. I hope that it were true, but my heart has been broken by disappointment before (*cough*<a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/librem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>librem</span></a>*cough*). But I digress.</p><p>Can somebody give me a damn <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> phone with <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/openfirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openfirmware</span></a>, <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gnome</span></a> or <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/plasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plasma</span></a> mobile, a decent camera, mic and screen with enough processing, memory and storage to meet with modern self hosting in mind.</p><p>Indeed, who can deliver me my dream phone? I'd be ever so happy to know about it.</p><p>Liberux – Privacy, Security, Freedom<br><a href="https://liberux.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">liberux.net/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Thor A. Hopland<p>It's CRAY-Z how each and every auto manufacturer in the world is tracking your every movement right now. </p><p>From auto manufacturers in the <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>, <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> and <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a>, what we're seeing is basically a result of "secret sauce" once more. The fact is that the only thing that will save us is <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> and <a href="https://snabelen.no/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a>, because as always the vendor does not deserve blind trust, because they will abuse it.</p><p>VW Is Recording Your EVERY Movement<br><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=yt_LWoj7Sjc&amp;si=cOmC22ELrMfwcC9V" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=yt_LWoj7Sj</span><span class="invisible">c&amp;si=cOmC22ELrMfwcC9V</span></a></p>
Pixel Purrito<p>Periodic reminder that <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a> works on x86 as well: <a href="https://www.openfirmware.org/Open_Firmware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">openfirmware.org/Open_Firmware</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> — that's where device trees come from, and maybe we would have been better off using it instead of UEFI or U-Boot, which I personally find quite janky.</p>
Sidde<p>Fantastic! <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/TotallyNormalComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TotallyNormalComputing</span></a> </p><p>Booting <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/MacOS9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS9</span></a> Installer from USB, and without even touching <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a>. I really like the community for this kind of service! </p><p>'Mac OS 9.2.2 "boot kit" for booting your G3/G4 from an USB stick' by that-ben on Macintosh Repository just works out of the box! On a <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/powerpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powerpc</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/G3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>G3</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/ibook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibook</span></a> with USB1.</p><p>And it was kinda fast to boot and install too. My <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Powerbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Powerbook</span></a> got some company now!.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macintosh</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/PPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PPC</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageMac</span></a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
šel pro krev 🇺🇦<p>weekend timewaster<br><a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/OpenBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBoot</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/OpenFirmware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenFirmware</span></a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Forth</span></a></p>