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[you@somehost.somedomain (Bart)]

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>I tried the HD20 on both the full sized and the Laser UDC card and did't
>have 
>any luck. Likewise trying it on the Laser computer.
>
>        Wayne


Same here Wayne.  except I don't have a Laser Card but I tried it on a 128 and 
a 128ex, Liron UDC, a //c //c+ and several ][ clone controllers using a ribbon 
wire I have that is like unto the correct thing.  But not on a Superdisk card. 
I have one but in the event of disaster I was not willing to try. 

I even once plugged a HD20 into a IIci and reformated it as ProDOS from there 
1st just to see if in that format it could be read by the above.  No luck :(
 
 Thing is, I took the lid off one HD20 and looked at the chipset per a earlier 
thread on this and a remark by David Empson and some remarks by David Wilson 
iirc...and...yes the chips looks the same as on  a UDC board or that section 
of a //c motherboard.  

So, if the chips are the same, one would presume the traces are the same or 
similar. so...the only difference one would think...would be.....the firmware. 
 and therefore, if some feller was smart enough, slick enough and, bored 
enough to try:  It just seems to me that the ROM on this puppy could be 
reprogrammed to work on all the above.   I REALLY want a //c with a Harddrive 
on it... and these HD20s look so cool and Apple ;)
-Bart