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From: schriste@uceng.UC.EDU (Steven V. Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Overide of write protect on floppies
Message-ID: <2661@uceng.UC.EDU>
Date: 31 Oct 89 19:11:34 GMT
References: <1454@minnow.sp.unisys.com> <1455@minnow.sp.unisys.com> <62764@psuecl.bitnet>
Organization: Univ. of Cincinnati, College of Engg.
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c9h@psuecl.bitnet writes:

>In article <1455@minnow.sp.unisys.com>, lee@minnow.sp.unisys.com (Gene Lee) writes:
>> Does anyone have some software that I can run which would reconfigure
>> the floppy drive in my pc AT compatible to ignore write protect tabs.
>>

>... I do not know of any disk drive that will physically permit you to
>write to a write-protected disk.  In fact, many of them have physical locking
>mechanisms to prevent this.

The write-protect is just a mechanical or optical sensor for the slot
in the side of the disk. If you get in there, it shouldn't be too hard to
bypass it.

I had an Apple ][ drive in which I added a switch on the back, and a yellow
led on the front, to tell me when I had the switch set in the write-always
mode.

-- 
Steven V. Christensen
U.C. College of Eng.
schriste@uceng.uc.edu