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From: jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Junkware
Message-ID: <3032@amdcad.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 24-Aug-85 20:18:56 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 24 20:18:56 1985
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In article <370@sara70.UUCP> rick@sara70.UUCP (Rick Jansen) writes:
>Jim Budler writes:
>>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.

Correct.  My apologies.  I have a write protected disk, I thought I copied
with Disk Utilities. I distinctly remember pulling it out of the drive
after copying it and finding the write protect notch open.  My reaction
was surprise, to say the least.  I can't duplicate it now.  Maybe it
was a case of three o'clock in the morning'itis.
-- 
 Jim Budler
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