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From: consp24@bingsune.cc.binghamton.edu (consp24)
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Subject: Re: 1541 Disk Drive Help
Keywords: write protect
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Date: 2 Mar 90 02:58:06 GMT
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>Help! My 1541 thinks there is a permanent write protect tab!  I can read
>files fine, but I cannot write anything to any disks, it gives me a 'write
>protect' error.  Does anyone know how to fix this?  I think it is a software
>problem turned hardware problem.  I recently got the newest version of Kermit
>from a friend, who neglected to inform me that the 'kermit-boot' file was
>for C128's.  So I loaded it and ran it.  It gave a 'no block' error. THEN
>I listed it and found it was for C128.  Ever since that point I have been
>unable to write with my disk drive. PLEASE HELP!

     Open up the 1541 and clean the little LED that senses the write-protect
notch (clean with alcohol or diskette cleaner).  This is the most obvious
hardware problem (also check the connecting wires for shorts).  
     There also could be a problem with the drive ROMs, which someone with
more expertise might be able to check.  But check the obvious hardware problems
first.

Gregg W. Riedel     CONSP24 @ BINGVAXA, BINGVAXU, BINGSUNS
Student Consultant - State Univ. of New York at Binghamton
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