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> Yet the elegance of booting from a floppy is indisputable -- your OS can't be hacked, the floppy is write protected What percentage of floppy disk readers a
by nightcracker 8y ago
> Yet the elegance of booting from a floppy is indisputable -- your OS can't be hacked, the floppy is write protected
What percentage of floppy disk readers actually implement the write protection in hardware?
- inscionent 8y ago> Write-protection is typically enforced by the hardware. In the case of computer devices, attempting to violate it will return an error to the operating system while some tape recorders physically lock the record button when a write-protected cassette is present. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_protection https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write_protection