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Re: How to lobotomize unidisk 3.5 so it won't go boink and will work w/copy II+ bit copy?
Pim Blokland <appletalk@at.at> wrote:
>Lobotomize? Are you sure you want to do that?
>Man, those Unidisks are rare! They are collectors items! At the prices
>they're going for, you can trade in one Unidisks 3.5 for four or five
>Apple 3.5 Drives!
>
>At least, that's over here in Europe. Not sure if the situation's the
>same where you live.
It is ok because the lobotomy is reversable. You rewire the
UniDisk 3.5 to bypass the on-board controller, but the
controller is not removed or damaged. Should you want
to sell or use the drive on a IIc later, you can reconnect
the CPU in the drive and it would be as good as new.