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Subject: Disk ][ write-protect mechanism problems (Oh, woe is me !!)
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Date: Tue, 3-Sep-85 14:05:41 EDT
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     Our Campus owns 25 Apple ][/+ and ][/e computers, and for reasons we won't
 go into now, the small arm which actually detects the write-pritect tabs exist
ance has broken off (worn out ... whatever) on about 1/3 of our drives.  After
consulting with our local Apple dealer, I find out that the small black plastic
 arm can not be independently replaced, but would require the replacement of th
e whole bottom of the disk drive (at $100 each !!!!!).
      IS THIS TRUE ???  If anyone out there knows if it is, or a quick solution
 to the problem, I'd appeciate the info.  It seems to me that you should be abl
e to jerry-rig the thing to work, but I'd rather like to have more opinions.
     
                                         Thanks in advance,
     
--- MUST I DO ALL THE WORK AROUND HERE ???
     
                                           GLENN S. PIPER
                                           O05 @ PSUVM
                                           (BERKS OPERATOR)