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From: koreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Steven Grimm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Writing to write protected disks?
Keywords: Virus,Atari,ST
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Date: 29 Sep 88 22:04:17 GMT
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In article <1667@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> whitbye@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Elliot Maxwell Whitby) writes:
>	Rewrite the OS and you can do whatever you want.
>I know that this is the way so please do not waste your time telling me that I
>am wrong.

I wouldn't dream of doing that, but I will suggest that you take your drive
in to an authorized service center for repair.  I don't doubt that you can
indeed write to write-protected disks, but that is indicative of a broken
disk drive, not a design flaw.

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These are my opinions, and in no way reflect those of UCSC, which are wrong.
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