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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Infinity Turbo-Floppy 1.4
Message-ID: <1990Oct29.051239.14403@eng.umd.edu>
Date: 29 Oct 90 05:12:39 GMT
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In article <1990Oct29.010759.7287@midway.uchicago.edu> francis@magrathea.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes:
>In article <1990Oct24.033116.4390@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
>[quoted complaints about cost of upgrading II to FDHD]
>>
>>Hmmm, this offers some interesting possibilities:  Buy Mac Classic.  Move
>>SWIM and FDHD to Mac II.  Apply high voltage to IWM and 800K drive.  Get
>>them replaced under warantee... Sell Classic.
>
>I like it.  Simple.  Unethical.  Immoral.  Profitable.  Nice.
>Of course, you'd have to have a hell of a warranty to cover the drive
>in your II (if it came with the machine), given that your machine is
>a couple of years old now.
>
>(sigh) They're too careful.

That wasn't exactly what I had in mind-- that would still leave you with an
800K drive and IWM chip, plus a classic.  What I had in mind was applying
enough power to make the chip and drive unidentifiable as to 800K/FDHD, and
then installing the burned components in the Classic, and having THEM replaced
under the classic waranty.  Now, if you thought THAT was unethical (it was),
consider how you are going to get the IIx ROM needed for the FDHD....

BTW, I have II IIs under warranty-- Applecare.  (hmm, maybe I ought to just
use a little white out and paint an 'x' on the board next time I bring it
in for service.....)
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Matthew T. Russotto	russotto@eng.umd.edu	russotto@wam.umd.edu
Tax the rich, and feed the poor -- until there are, rich no more.