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from: Steven Hirsch
date: 2009-02-27 17:20:40
subject: Re: Problem with Universal Disk Controller

AppleCPM wrote:
> Hi, y'all!
> 
>     As long as we're discussing the UDC, I thought I'd see if I could
> clear up some of my confusion about the card.  I've had one for quite
> some time but have been reluctant to test it because I don't know what
> drives can be connected to it.  I did just visit the A2Wiki and see
> that I can't use it with a 3.5 inch Unidisk drive.  My understanding
> is that you can use up to four drives with the card and that they can
> be either 5.25 inch or 3.5 inch drives.  Do they need to be in any
> particular order?  Will a 1.44 MB drive work with the card?  How about
> early Mac drives like the M0130 (I think that's the model number)?

There are two firmware versions that I'm aware of.  One of them supports the 
Unidisk 3.5 and the other supports the newer 3.5" drive (no internal 
controller).  They are mutually exclusive.
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