Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site amdcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!gatech!amdcad!jimb 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 Article-I.D.: amdcad.3032 Posted: Sat Aug 24 20:18:56 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 25-Aug-85 08:56:36 EDT References: <2957@seismo.UUCP> <481@oakhill.UUCP> <1813@reed.UUCP> <2861@amdcad.UUCP> <370@sara70.UUCP> Reply-To: jimb@amdcad.UUCP (Jim Budler) Organization: AMD, Sunnyvale, California Lines: 21 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 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!...."