In a message on Monday 11-09-15 Paul Quinn said to Ed Vance:   
      
   Hi Paul,   
      
   PQ> with a new HP 'hotbox' doo-hickey running Win 8.1, which is slowly   
   PQ> becoming annoying in multi-dimensions.  It may not see the year out,   
   PQ> as I've figured out what HP did to the BIOS to stop folks from   
   PQ> running other operating systems.  :)   
      
   OH NOOOO!   
      
   That is a really dirty trick. It reminds me about the specialities that   
   Compaq used to stop folks from using utilities that did run on any other   
   IBM compatible PC. Even the call-up for the BIOS was different/special.   
      
   I'll return to the messaging later, but I HAD to make this comment now.   
      
      
   Have a nice day,   
      
   Holger   
      
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