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From: c152-cb@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Vince Lee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Can writing on a disk be prevented completed?
Keywords: Fish disk library, 3 1/2" disks
Message-ID: <10198@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 22 Feb 89 05:00:29 GMT
References: <1984@daimi.dk> <1986@daimi.dk>
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In article <1986@daimi.dk> hrc@daimi.dk (Henrik Raeder Clausen) writes:
>Our public libraries in Denmark are about to buy complete Fish disk
>libraries for public lending, but they are quite worried about possible
>sabotage in the form of viruses, Greetings and the like on their disks.
>Is there anyting better to do than to glue the write protection block into
>permanent read-only position? This is too easy to circumvent - just use a
>creditcard.
>   Any help would be greatly appreciated - the concept of PD disks in the
>public libraries is just too good to waste!

Just take the write protect tab out altogether.  Pry apart the disk with a
small screwdriver and use another to "pop" the tab out.