Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!gatech!amdcad!jimb From: jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler) Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: Re: Junkware Message-ID: <2861@amdcad.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Aug-85 22:51:49 EDT Article-I.D.: amdcad.2861 Posted: Tue Aug 20 22:51:49 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Aug-85 06:34:01 EDT References: <2957@seismo.UUCP> <481@oakhill.UUCP> <1813@reed.UUCP> Reply-To: jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler) Organization: AMD, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 21 >> Well - sort of. The problem is that it's only *SOFTWARE* write protected. >> It seems the Mac drives themselves do not inhibit writes no matter what >> the position of the tabs. The Mac O/S gets a signal about the tab position >> and sets up flags which are supposed to not allow any writes. >> >> So don't think the tab will protect you from program/machine malfunction. >> (I learned this the NASTY way.) The Apple Disk Utility on the Software Supplement seems to ignore it also. I copied on disk to another and found out afterwards that the receiving disk was 'write protected'. -- Jim Budler Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (408) 749-5806 UUCPnet: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra,intelca}!amdcad!jimb Compuserve: 72415,1200 "... Don't sue me, I'm just the piano player!...."