Re: How to lobotomize unidisk 3.5 so it won't go boink and will work w/copy II+ bit copy?

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buggie@ben02.unm.edu (stephen e buggie) wrote:

>DONT LOBOTOMIZE THAT UNIDISK 3.5!   I worked hard to restore two of them.
>The restorations worked, although I had to fit the plastic cases together
>with duct tape.  I installed a 40-pin socket for the 6502, and that meant
>that the plastic shells would not fit exactly.  Soldering a 40 pin chip
>into its board seems like computer blasphemy.
>
>If you can use a grey Apple 3.5 drive, I'd swap one of those in perfect
>condition to receive the Unidisk 3.5 in as-is condition, even if
>non-working.

But the UniDisk 3.5 is more valuable.  That's the thing.  Given
the reversability of the lobotomy, GS users should lobotomize
the drive to use, but keep because of value.  Should they want
to sell later, they can reverse the lobotomy and get more
money for the drive than for an Apple 3.5.