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From: mas770@uunet!unhd (Michael A Super)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Floppy write protection
Message-ID: <1990Apr7.213734.19233@uunet!unhd>
Date: 7 Apr 90 21:37:34 GMT
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Organization: Computing Information Services, University of New Hampshire
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I have a question on IBM PC floppy drive write protection: 

	Is there any way to override the write protection on a disk (write
	to a disk without a notch, for example) through software?  I know DOS
	won't allow this, but perhaps through the use af assembly code?  I 
	have never seen anything that will do this, and I was wondering if
	it was the controller that prevented these writes.  I would 
	appreciate the posting of any comments/solutions.

						Mike Super
						University of New Hampshire