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Re: Apple Disk Drive - Hardware Mod Question
- Subject: Re: Apple Disk Drive - Hardware Mod Question
- From: "Thelbane" <ihatespam@noemail.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 17:43:36 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Road Runner - Texas
- References: <71cQ6.48344$bv2.11912617@typhoon.austin.rr.com> <qkhQ6.17322$W14.1134888@e420r-sjo2.usenetserver.com>
- Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:8225
I like the idea of running the wires out the back... The less visible the
mod, the better. Thanks!
-Thel
"Matthew Russotto" <russotto@wanda.pond.com> wrote in message
news:qkhQ6.17322$W14.1134888@e420r-sjo2.usenetserver.com...
> In article <71cQ6.48344$bv2.11912617@typhoon.austin.rr.com>,
> Thelbane <ihatespam@noemail.com> wrote:
> >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.
>
> Just connect a SPST switch in parallel with the microswitch.
>
> I did it a long time ago -- I just ran the wires out the back of the
> drive and didn't bother mounting the switch.
>
> --
> Matthew T. Russotto russotto@pond.com
> "Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
> of justice is no virtue."
>