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From: fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: How to fry your //gs
Summary: Good old 5.25" drives
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Date: 12 Apr 90 01:47:00 GMT
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In article <90100.184147ART100@psuvm.psu.edu> ART100@psuvm.psu.edu (Andy Tefft) writes:
>I fried my //c in a similar manner. I had a generic-type external
[snippity snip]
>Burned out the '125 in the drive too. However, my Unidisk DOES work...
>I wonder if plugging the 5.25 in the back of the unidisk would make a
>difference...

If you daisy chain your 5.25" drive through an AppleDisk 3.5" drive
before reversing the connector, you will fry both your machine and the
AppleDisk.

In neither case will you fry your 5.25" drive... those things never die.

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fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
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