Re: Apple Disk Drive - Hardware Mod Question

["Thelbane" <ihatespam@noemail.com>]

I don't know if I'm electronically savvy enough to pull off the installation
of a three-position switch, but I should be able to rig something up that'll
work.  I guess I just need to take a good look inside the case... it'll
probably easier than I thought.

Thanks for the info.

-Thel

"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@intergate.bc.ca> wrote in message
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> Thelbane wrote:
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> > Has anyone modified an internal or external Apple II drive so that it
can
> > write to write-protected disks?  If anyone has done this or knows how to
do
> > it, I'd appreciate your help before taking a crack at it myself.
> >
> > "Why the hell would you want to do that?  Just use a hole-puncher on the
> > disk!" you say...
>
> Just bypass the write protect switch. In a Disk II, switch open is write
> protected
> and of course closed is write-enabled. If you wired in a 3 position toggle
> switch
> you could easily set up write protected, write enabled & normal
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> Wayne
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