Re: Report: UniDisk 3.5 to Apple 3.5 conversion (lobotomy) works

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

Supertimer <supertimer@aol.com> wrote:

:>Yeah, the way out is to sell or trade the scarce Unidisk to someone who
:>needs it and get one or more of the dime a dozen grey 3.5s. A Unidisk is
:>worth a stack of the grey ones.

: I should have mentioned that the lobotomy is reversable.  The
: UniDisk's brain is bypassed but left intact in the conversion.
: All you have to do to reactivate it is to swap some cables.  I
: think any IIGS user with a UniDisk 3.5 should lobotomize but
: hang onto the drive.  Who knows, its value may increase as
: you point out.

Yep it just involves bypassing the intelligent controller jobber in there.

: Lobotomizing the drive speeds it up, eliminates the need for
: the UniDisk3.5 driver, and lets the drive work with IIGS demos.

Considering many people are howling for //c compatible devices, I'd figure you
would advise against dumbing 'em down to work with other stuff.
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