18 Dec
2002
18 Dec
'02
10:19 a.m.
> And it's usually NOT a good idea to put your
LAST boot disk into the
> drive! Although normally not a problem with most "normal" drives, there
> have been SOME (most notably Apple ][) that were capable of malfuntioning
> in ways that would cause them to erase/wipe/damage/ diskettes even when
> write-protected!
> What an amazing feature!
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
_Any_ drive if malfucntioning could have write-gate
stuck on and also
ignore the write protect line. After all, those signals are combined in
the logic circuitry somehow, and those gates could malfunction.
Ooops!
I meant to say that on the Apple ][ a malfunctiong disk controller could
override write protect, even on a non-malfunctioning drive. THAT is the
special unique feature.