binder@dosadi.DEC (No matter where you go, there you are.) (09/12/85)
Re: Disk ][ write-protect mechanism problems (Oh, woe is me !!) > Couldn't you also just install a switch to enable/disable the write control > line? This would fix your problem without getting a new plastic gizmo. > --Chuck Sure, you can. It's very easy, and there's an article in the September A+ MAgazine that shows just how to do it. The protect mechanism is just an SPST switch - the article shows how to install an alternate-action switch, lighted and all, on the Disk ][ front panel to replace the normal protect detector. There is, however, one serious word of caution. You may have a protected disk that you really don't want to write on, and if the panel switch is in the Unprotect position and you do write on the disk, too bad -- caveat hackor. Cheers, Dick Binder (The Stainless Steel Rat) UUCP: { decvax, allegra, ucbvax... }!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-dosadi!binder ARPA: binder%dosadi.DEC@decwrl.ARPA Thu 12-Sep-1985 08:51 Eastern Daylight Time