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

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:

>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.

Yes, that's what I meant by its "brain." ;-)

>: 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.

Why not?  If the drives are rare, a IIGS user should keep it for
value.  But for maximum functionality, they should lobotomize
it.  Should they want to sell the drive to a IIc user in the future,
they need only reverse the lobotomy.