Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!dcw From: dcw@athena.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Unidisks vs. Apple3.5 Message-ID: <9359@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: 21 Feb 89 02:23:34 GMT References: <25945@apple.Apple.COM> <9305@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <6476@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Reply-To: dcw@athena.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 30 In article <6476@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> blackman@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Michael Blackman) writes: >In article <9305@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> dcw@athena.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) writes: > >|To clarify: it *will* work on a mac as long as you open the drive up >|and perform some brain surgery. It's a pretty simple job - just a >|matter of pulling a couple of connectors and replacing another. IT >|WILL VOID YOUR WARRANTY. I know this works as I've done it myself, and >|the drive has been happily driving on my dad's mac for about 3 years. > >Could you post how this might be done? Does it work for a IIgs? I don't remember the exact procedure, but it's fundamentally easy. As it says above, THIS VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY. Also, I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR OWN MISTAKES OR THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS PROCEDURE IS ALL WRONG. Here's the deal: Open the drive up. You'll notice that the incoming cable is connected to a PC board. This is the "smart" part. This "first" board connected to another board by an electrically equivalent plug as the incoming cable. Pull the incoming cable out of the current board, and pull the connecting cable from both boards. Now plug the incoming cable into the "second" board. This will do it as far as functionality is concerned. The hard part is closing the case up. You have to be careful while pulling/pushing plugs. They're hard to reach, and they are pretty solidly plugged in. Have fun... Dave Whitney A junior in Computer Science at MIT dcw@athena.mit.edu ...!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!dcw dcw@goldilocks.mit.edu I wrote Z-Link. Send me bug reports. I use a //GS. Send me Tech Info. "This is MIT. Collect and 3rd party calls will not be accepted at this number."