O05@psuvm.BITNET (09/03/85)
Our Campus owns 25 Apple ][/+ and ][/e computers, and for reasons we won't
go into now, the small arm which actually detects the write-pritect tabs exist
ance has broken off (worn out ... whatever) on about 1/3 of our drives. After
consulting with our local Apple dealer, I find out that the small black plastic
arm can not be independently replaced, but would require the replacement of th
e whole bottom of the disk drive (at $100 each !!!!!).
IS THIS TRUE ??? If anyone out there knows if it is, or a quick solution
to the problem, I'd appeciate the info. It seems to me that you should be abl
e to jerry-rig the thing to work, but I'd rather like to have more opinions.
Thanks in advance,
--- MUST I DO ALL THE WORK AROUND HERE ???
GLENN S. PIPER
O05 @ PSUVM
(BERKS OPERATOR)
dfe@petrus.UUCP (Dean F. Espinoza) (09/06/85)
> > Our Campus owns 25 Apple ][/+ and ][/e computers, and for reasons we won't > go into now, the small arm which actually detects the write-pritect tabs exist > ance has broken off (worn out ... whatever) on about 1/3 of our drives. > > > > GLENN S. PIPER > O05 @ PSUVM > (BERKS OPERATOR) > Your users probably realized that breaking off the write-protect mechanism allows them to write on both sides of a floppy disk without punching a hole in the disk's other side (this has nothing to do with the original question, but it is most likely that the write-protect did not wear out.) Dean Espinoza ...bellcore!dfe
cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) (09/09/85)
>> >> Our Campus owns 25 Apple ][/+ and ][/e computers, and for reasons we >> won't >> go into now, the small arm which actually detects the write-pritect tabs >> exist >> ance has broken off (worn out ... whatever) on about 1/3 of our drives. >> >> GLENN S. PIPER > > > Your users probably realized that breaking off the write-protect mechanism > allows them to write on both sides of a floppy disk without punching a hole > in the disk's other side (this has nothing to do with the original question, > but it is most likely that the write-protect did not wear out.) > > Dean Espinoza 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 -- - - - D I S C L A I M E R - - - {ihnp4,fortune}!dual\ All opinions expressed herein are my {qantel,idi}-> !intelca!cem own and not those of my employer, my {ucbvax,hao}!hplabs/ friends, or my avocado plant. :-}