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Re: Dual Unidisk 3.5?



ralphp@gcstation.net (Ralph Wade Phillips) writes:

>> I just got what appears to be a dual Unidisk, it is made by Liron, is
>> white just like the IIc 3.5 Drives (also used on a IIe with Liron Card).
>> It has Liron stamped inside, and is a double drive.
>
>        LIRON?  That was one of the fab shops for Apple.  Matter of fact,
>ALL UniDisk 3.5 drives I've seen had Liron boards in them.


yes, these things were made by Apple.  I know of two others in existance.
(I've seen one of them, and I have no reason not to believe the other person
I know who claims to have one.)


>> It appears for all purposes to be 2 800K Liron drives in one case double
>> high (I have never seen anything like it before).  Does anyone know
>> anything about this critter?
>
>        Bet it was a prototype.  When I worked at Shreve Systems, we saw
>all KINDS of weird stuff come through ...


yes, it is a prototype.  The one I saw even had a sticker saying something
like "This prototype unit has not been FCC certified.  Not to be sold, lent,
or leased."

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