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From: wanderer <wanderer_at_bos.nl>
Date: Mon Feb 22 13:02:59 1999

Ethan Dicks wrote:
>
> The DEC FS guy that showed me a drive that he had mod-ed also mentioned
> that the same set of switches he flipped, also included a "force write
> protect" to prevent accidental writing of RL02-width tracks on an RL01
> pack. Seems prudent. It no doubt paralleled the switch on the front panel.
>
> Disclaimer: I have never installed this mod on any DEC drive, but it sounds
> pretty safe. YMMV.
>
> -ethan

Based on Ethan's and Tony's information, what are then the differences
between both types, just the track width (i.e. size of the head) and a
few jumpers on the locig board? Or is there more?

Ed

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