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From: paul.l@gnh-applesauce.cts.com (Paul Langhorn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Write Protection
Message-ID: <9006131013.AA01167@apple.com>
Date: 13 Jun 90 10:33:01 GMT
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Well, any info you've heard about write protection being under software control
is totally bogus. There are direct Smartport and hardware softswitches that
when accessed will tell you if the disk is write protected or not. And if it
is, the drive will simply NOT write to it.

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 &           Paul Langhorn      INET:paul.l@gnh-applesauce.cts.com           &
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