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In article <9105201340.AA10238@lilac.berkeley.edu> BITNIC IBM-NETS List <IBM-NETS%BITNIC.BITNET@lilac.berkeley.edu> writes:
>
>The reason I was asking without giving any specifics, is that before
>having to go out and getting documents to do the thing, I was wondering
>if there wasn't any system on which it would be easy to do without having
>to get the doc.
>
>For example, because I havn't taken the time to look it up, is there any
>standard on an IDE, SCSI or an AT type controller card for PC's? Does a
>MAC have any signal that's standard on it? Etc...
>
>OR... do I really have to do it on the schematic level of a Hard Disk,
>and there's no way to do it from the controller level?
>
>P.S. Once again, is there a list I can subscribe to that would be a bit
>more suited to this type of question?

          A good place to try might be the Virus newsgroup ( comp.virus,
     I believe ). I couldn't help but notice your system looks like it's
     an Autocad lab or some such. I originally wanted to write-protect
     the hard disks for our Acad lab, but it finally proved to be unfeasible.

     For instance, how about temporary file saves?  To do them to a temp
    directory, or to a user's floppy disk, makes a WORLD of difference to 
    the users.  Just takes too much time.

        There should be a READ/WRITE line to the hard disk, if you can
    get the schematic. Don't forget to tie the end still connected to 
    the drive to either a high or low, depending on which means READ/WRITE.
    A lot of logic chips don't respect a hanging wire as being LOW.

    
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