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From: guest@vu-vlsi.Villanova.EDU (visitors)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: VIRUS protection, hardware
Message-ID: <1477@vu-vlsi.Villanova.EDU>
Date: 3 Apr 88 17:29:02 GMT
References: <866@hjuxa.UUCP>
Reply-To: 164485913@excalibur.UUCP (Mark Schaffer)
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Organization: Villanova Univ. EE Dept.
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Keywords: are the equipment manufacturer responding?

In article <866@hjuxa.UUCP> mal@hjuxa.UUCP (LEACH) writes:
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>It seems to me that the only sure fire protection from virus programs
>is hardware write protects on hard disks.  Are there any disks available
>now that have a write protect button right up front on the face plate?

Well, this is not such a new Idea.  I seem to recall that DEC's RL02 drives
have write protect buttons on them.  Maybe they're ahead of there time. ;-)
 
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