Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!nikhefk!henkp
From: henkp@nikhefk.UUCP (Henk Peek)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: write protecting hardisk
Message-ID: <479@nikhefk.UUCP>
Date: 23 Dec 88 17:02:15 GMT
References: <10548@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <257@humming.UUCP>
Reply-To: henkp@nikhefk.UUCP (Henk Peek)
Organization: Nikhef-K, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
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In article <257@humming.UUCP> simcha@humming.UUCP (Simcha Lerner) writes:
>In article <10548@watdragon.waterloo.edu> dmnhieu@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Duy-Minh NHIEU) writes:
>>Does any one know how to write protect a hardisk? 
>
>While I have seen this add-on hardware approach in use in the past, I
>do not know if anyone makes them or if you have to "roll your own."
>Does anyone out there know of a source that sells pre-made write-protect
>add-ons?

No, but when you have a hard disk drive with wirewarp jumpers, you
can make your own very easy. Replace the drive select jumper by a
2 pole mini-PV connector. Twist the two wires and connect the other
side with the write protect switch.
Only one mini-PV connector with wires is not easy to get. When you
have problems with the parts, ask and we can make a small serie
but they are not free of charge.

Henk Peek     ..!uunet!mcvax!nikhefk!henkp.UUCP