7 Jan
2003
7 Jan
'03
6:24 a.m.
Adrian Vickers wrote:
I saw one at a hamfest - unfortunately She Who Must Be Obeyed walked up
behind me and said "If you buy that piece of junk, you and your 'find' are
sleeping outside." Grr... Two quid for a C64, tons of disks (not that I need
them - IIRC I've got fifty of 'em) and a 1541. Well, it was a murky brown
colour with a black drive faceplate and it was 5.25", so I guessed it was a
1541. Problem was, the seller would only sell it if I took *all* of it, C64,
drive, disks, the lot.
BTW, last time I saw a C64 at a car boot sale was two years ago. Can someone
suggest a car boot sale either in or within, say, 20 miles of Leeds,
England? I've tried the car boot sale that's usually held on Cross Green
Trading Estate weekly (every Sunday, 9AM->noon IIRC) - total white elephant.
Perhaps someone here has a 1541 or a 1571 they want rid of (hint hint), or
perhaps a few (two or three) WesternDigital WD177x series drive controllers?
Later.
--
Phil.
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http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/
I've got a drive somewhere around here, and maybe
a tape or two, I
can't really remember. However, I got two of them in a "10kg box of
goodies" bought from Bull Electrical
(http://www.bullnet.co.uk/shops/test/Default.htm). I took one of them
apart, because at that time I didn't recognise the connector. I had
vague notions of using the box for something, but couldn't be
bothered in the end. I chucked that one out. Then, a couple of years
ago, I noticed the price they were selling on eBay for, and cursed...
Can someone
here please enlighten me? How much are these things going for on
Ebay?
I'm thinking "L@@K!!! R@R3 !!! QUICKDATA DRIVE C64 **NIB**" :-)
If I can find the bits, you can have 'em for free
- the box shows
severe water damage, so I've no idea what the drive itself is like. I
don't think I have a master cartridge either. I'd recommend you call
Bull and see if they can find any for you, chances are you'll get
loads for a song if they haven't got rid of them all already.
I'll try
them, thanks. I got mine from Greenweld, perhaps they've got some
spare wafers in stock...
I'm also
trying to track down a Commodore 15xx disk drive - 5.25",
3.5", MFM, GCR, whatever, as long as it uses the Commodore serial
bus.
eBay if you don't mind paying, otherwise check out garage sales &
the
like.