Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!unmvax!ariel.unm.edu!hydra.unm.edu!ee5391aa From: ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu (Duke McMullan n5gax) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: Read-Only Hard Disk Message-ID: <1990Aug7.233430.23987@ariel.unm.edu> Date: 7 Aug 90 23:34:30 GMT References: <3809@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca> <1990Aug7.134352.17862@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> Sender: usenet@ariel.unm.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Lines: 19 For a REAL read-only hard disk, it seemeth to mineself that you want a switch on the disk's WRITE line, preferably in a way that makes it VISIBLY refuse to write. A keyswitch of course, and I'll keep the key ;^). "But seriously, folks," this is something that's been interesting me for some time. Could any of you point me to books/magazine_articles which give descrip- tions of SCSI and whateverthehell the other common HD interfaces are at the line-and-signal level? Thanks...MANY thanks...in advance, d -- When you're up to your butt in alligators, it's difficult to remember that the initial objective was to drain the swamp. -- traditional Duke McMullan n5gax nss13429r phon505-255-4642 ee5391aa@hydra.unm.edu