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[–] jayemar@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've never heard the phrase "blowing firmware onto"

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Blowing firmware is an old term that was used with PROM. Each bit was a fuse and you would blow the fuses to change them from a 1 to a 0.

[–] jayemar@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Oh cool, now I understand the phrase. Thanks for the explanation!

[–] minnix@lemux.minnix.dev 2 points 2 years ago

You learned something new.