hmmm...

Well the grand plans for a region-free Superdrive have been thwarted by a small screw in the side of the PB that refuses to budge and is now stripped. I think a drill will be in order, but I'll leave it a while. The 12" PB seems notoriously difficult to get into, with removal of the entire inside and about 40 screws to get to the optical drive. The newly flashed drive works fine in the G3 Pismo, at least.