gsm@... wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 01:21:40AM -0500, Bill Bradford wrote:
>> Anybody got one (preferrably a made-for-IBM) lying around that they'll sell
>> to me cheap? I need to make some images from some old Lotus 1-2-3
>> floppies.
>
> I seem to remember that they were copy protected. Anyone know for sure?
1-2-3 was copy protected, yes. iirc, they put an intentional
bad-in-a-certain-pattern sector on the disk. Total pain in the ass for
a university computer lab. And they never did understand why people
ditched them for the competition as soon as there was viable competition...
That said, we have a 5.25" floppy we could probably spare.
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