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From: bill@crystal.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Junkware
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Date: Fri, 23-Aug-85 16:13:23 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 23 16:13:23 1985
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> 
> >The Apple Disk Utility on the Software Supplement seems to ignore it also.
> 
> That is NOT true. If you try to copy to a locked disk the error message
> "disk locked?" appears. So, I still believe it is pure NONSENSE that the
> protection is a flag bit in software.
> {seismo,decvax,philabs}!mcvax!sara70!rick
>  

I've never done this, but...
At least on the external drive, you can fool the drive into thinking that
the disk is write-enabled by turning off the LED.  I got this from an
Apple tech support person.  If you can do it on the external, it's
probably possible on the internal as well.
	
	bill

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	William Cox
	Computer Sciences Department
	University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
	bill@uwisc
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