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From: lasj@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: WAS UniDisk 3.5 - work on a Mac ?
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Date: 14 Sep 90 23:24:13 GMT
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I received  3 responces to my request about adapting a UniDisk (for the Apple
// series) to work on a Mac.

The first respondee, David Zinkin, quoted the September 1987 issue of MacUser
which basically said that I needed to disconnect the the cable from the
controller card (the controller card makes this drive fit only for the //
series) and reconnect the cable to the drive itself. A second poster mentioned
the same article AND included a diagram... I can't credit him because I "lost"
his mail file. The third and last poster said "Sell it. Forget it. It'll never
work."

Last night after about 2 panicked hours I opened the housing, removed many
screws, wondered how I was EVER gonna' put it all back together, disconnected
and connected as suggested, re-screwed everything, attached it to my Plus, and
whatdyaknow? It works! Even works as a boot drive.

So thanks, folks, for your willingness to lend a suggestion. What a great
source of information we have in this forum!

Larry Slack
CORNELL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

Disclaimer: Cornell U. and I arn't speaking for each other, so...