Beckwith, I hate to say this, but it doesn't matter if the ROM is an EPROM or not.
This Diebold computer has RAM, which was modified through the TELEPHONE CONNECTOR to let make it resolve a vote different from what was cast by the people.
There was no replacing of an internal BIOS or some other code on a chip. There was also apparently no access given to the Diebold program code, either. This was simply manipulated via a program on a device stuck into the phone port.
So get over your baseless debate. You are the one who brought in the concept of ROM/EPROM and it has nothing to do with that.
Yes, you are right that ROM cannot be changed without changing out that chip. But that has nothing to do with this exploit.
Since you sign yourself ConservativeMind, I know we have much in common. But you evidently didn't carefully read the article (link) before posting the folowing:
This Diebold computer has RAM, which was modified through the TELEPHONE CONNECTOR to let make it resolve a vote different from what was cast by the people.
There was no replacing of an internal BIOS or some other code on a chip.
Acording to the article on BlackBoxVoting.org, an organization that does not post a mission statement but is opposed to electronic voting, the memory card was, in fact, physically changed by Hursti. The following is from BackBoxVoting.org
"At the beginning of the test election the memory card programmed by Harri Hursti was inserted into an Optical Scan Diebold voting machine."
In the original article there is no reference to a "TELEPHONE CONNECTOR." However, there is the statement, "Hursti has found evidence that the memory card can be reprogrammed without disturbing the seal by using a telephone modem port on the back of the machine."
It does not say that he did the hack via this route. It says he "found evidence" it could be done. The article doesn't describe this "evidence" or how it could be done. It does clearly say that
he changed chips. The liberals running this site are playing with words.
Now, my point had lttle to do with the technology. My point was the fact that the demonstration itself was bogus and conducted by the fools who have been trying to prove they were jobbed in 2000. These guys have an agenda and are right up there with Mary Mapes and Dan Rather.
Now, I don't know if the Diebold voting machine has a ROM, PROM or EPROM chip as its CPU. I am led to believe, in the interest of security, the CPU in the Diebold is read-only. If it's programmable, I'll stand down. But if it is read only, this entire demonstration is a bag job, conducted by democrats in the most democratic county in Florida.
Black Box Voting
By the way, if the machines do have read-only CPUs, the results can't be manipulated and the democrats hate that. They would prefer the paper ballots, like the military absentee ballots that were conveniently misplaced in the 47 Florida recounts.
Cheers!