6 Jun
2002
6 Jun
'02
9:29 p.m.
Were are you at both in TX and MN I can get 1581 for $1 to $10 at the
thrifts with the average price of $3.53.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cameron Kaiser" <spectre(a)stockholm.ptloma.edu To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: Commodore floppy drives; faster than you can type
Yep, I paid $100 for mine, although granted I bought it in '94. Even today
Even the lowly 1581 commands an increasingly high
price...
Scary. they'll still run in the $50-60 range.
1591 ROMs did allegedly exist, but my only contact for them, who
actually
...
that's not even HD-capable
Wasn't there some buzz about an HD-version of the 1581? A mythical
prototype, perhaps, not a real, buy-it-off-the-shelf product. ISTR
some scrambling a while back for "1591 ROMs". AFAIK, it was a
firmware change and a 1/2-speed Amiga-compatible HD floppy drive,
but that's about all the detail I remember. built a working replica with the ROMs and an A4000
3.5" mech, managed
to
lose them and the prototype in the process. (Argh.)
Some 1581s are capable of handling HD disks, though they treat them as
DD.
So far, though there has been some research on this
point, there isn't
a
good way externally or even looking at the board to
tell. The jury is
still
out on the longevity of such "DD-ized" HD
floppies in a 1581 anyway.
Mine
unfortunately balks on HD floppies.
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