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From: medin@cod.NOSC.MIL (Ted Medin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: A Question on Write protection
Message-ID: <1008@cod.NOSC.MIL>
Date: 29 Feb 88 02:34:02 GMT
References: <1068@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> <1081@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu>
Reply-To: medin@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (Ted Medin)
Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center, San Diego
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In article <1081@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> malex@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Michael Alexander) writes:
>The write protect is in the hardware, so to try and reprogram the DOS will
>not work.  If you really want to write to a write protected disk, you can
>break off the notch in the drive itself.  This will never sense a write
>protected disk, hence always writing.  I wouldn't suggest this, because
>the write protect is just what it says:  Protection.  But, since you asked,
>that is the scoop.


 I have a problem with a flakey //e. Prodos wont let me write on a diskette
because its write protected (it isnt) but i can use copy //+ to copy
files and diettes on the same machine with out any problems. Got any
ideas???????