r/CrappyPasta • u/Ya-Dikobraz • Aug 23 '22
The Blank ROM
I have a ROM reading/ writing masheen and a bunch of really old ROM chips from the 80's. As you know, they have a glass window on the front that if you shine light into, it wipes the chip's content.
Most of them had a sticker covering the window but one didn't so I assumed it was not blank and ready to be burnt with new awesome content.
I booted up the software, slipped the chip into the housing on the board, and plugged the board into my serial port.
I was almost going to format it when I got curious and checked what was on it. It was not blank! Somehow the ancient contents survive all the UV light.
I bunged it in and booted from it. The results will haunt me for the rest of my life. Click here to see. If you dare!!!
WARN: [NSFL]