Re: Writing to write protected disks?

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From: Ian Angles
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 1988 14:38

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Unfortunately I am not able to write a program to write to write-
protected disks yet. Even when I do write such a program I will not
divulge this information to anyone on the grounds that I hate virusses,
and if there is a virus that could write to anything then imagine the
consequences.
	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.
	The only reasonable use I can see for writing to write-protected 
disks is in copy protection. But then again copy protection does not stop
piracy, and is only there to enhance the bad feeling between the consumer
and the software house.

ps
			Borf Is here

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!ukc!strath-cs!glasgow!angles
From: angles@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Ian Angles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Writing to write protected disks?
Keywords: Virus,Atari,ST
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Date: 24 Sep 88 14:38:07 GMT
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Organization: Computing Sci, Glasgow Univ, Scotland
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