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From: paulm@nikhefk.UUCP (Paul Molenaar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Writing to write protected disks?
Keywords: Virus,Atari,ST
Message-ID: <421@nikhefk.UUCP>
Date: 25 Sep 88 22:08:34 GMT
References: <614@ethz.UUCP> <1633@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> <420@nikhefk.UUCP> <1659@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk>
Reply-To: paulm@nikhefk.UUCP (Paul Molenaar)
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In article <1659@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> angles@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Ian Angles) writes:
#
#	In truth it is possible to bypass almost all the hardware interrupts
#on the ST by disabling them or catching them before the OS catches them.
#
#ps
#			Borf Is here

I don't want to start a big argument about this but...

Sure, the ST's hardware can (you say it) be bypassed. But how about
the drive's hardware? Drives too, or should I say: primarily, have
hardware that prevents writing to a write-protected disk. It's not
the diskcontroller that does all the work..
        Paul Molenaar

	"Just checking the walls"
		- Basil Fawlty -
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        Paul Molenaar

	"Just checking the walls"
		- Basil Fawlty -