tperala@UB.D.UMN.EDU (Tim Perala) (06/08/89)
> > Tim, > To make a 1/2 inch tape read-only I have it mounted with a > "locking ring". Is that correct? > > Thanks for the help and information! > > -Steve > Wrong. Ring in -> writable. Ring out -> write-locked. -- Tim Perala Systems Programmer Information Services University of Minnesota, Duluth (218) 726-6122
bzs@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Barry Shein) (06/10/89)
That's why they call them write-rings, they enable writing. Anyone ever heard of a wrong-ring? It's a half-height ring which makes it difficult to ever slip in a write-ring. There was a long article on the ecology of write-rings in a past SIGSOFT issue, worth looking up, one of the funnier things I've ever wread. -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die, Purveyors to the Trade 1330 Beacon Street, Brookline, MA 02146, (617) 739-0202