Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!apple!keith From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Unidisks vs. Apple3.5 Message-ID: <25945@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 17 Feb 89 02:24:35 GMT References: Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA Lines: 27 In article jm7e+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jeremy G. Mereness) writes: > > >My //gs system came with Unidisk3.5 instead of the Apple3.5 > >I know that the Unidisk is not capable of 2:1 interleave and thus >some software packages will not run with the device. As a girlfriend of mine used to say, "Wait...What?" [dazed uncomprehending look] What software packages won't work on a drive that can't efficiently read a 2:1 interleave? Stuff with copy-protection? Otherwise, it shouldn't matter. >If I sell it, will it work on a Macintosh? Nope. There are smarts in the Unidisk that prevent it from working on a Mac. I also think that there is a small wiring difference, but I don't know what it could be. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keith Rollin --- Apple Computer, Inc. --- Developer Technical Support INTERNET: keith@apple.com UUCP: {decwrl, hoptoad, nsc, sun, amdahl}!apple!keith "Argue for your Apple, and sure enough, it's yours" - Keith Rollin, Contusions