4 Nov
2001
4 Nov
'01
3:20 p.m.
Found a nice site that can supply new 8 inch floppy drives,
both half and full height and they have lots of different
models as well as enclosures and power supplies. Might be
a useful bookmark. I have not purchased anything from
them yet so cannot vouch for them. See:
www.cadigital.com
Craig Landrum
CTO
Mindwrap, Inc.
4 Nov
4 Nov
4:08 p.m.
I've not purchased anything from them since '77, when I bought a couple of
"digital" cassette drives from them. Their 8" drive prices are about what
the
drive prices were back when the technolgy was new and current, though the drives
may not be.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Landrum" <clandrum(a)monumental.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 7:20 PM
Subject: 8 inch floppy drives
Found a nice site that can supply new 8 inch floppy
drives,
both half and full height and they have lots of different
models as well as enclosures and power supplies. Might be
a useful bookmark. I have not purchased anything from
them yet so cannot vouch for them. See:
www.cadigital.com
Craig Landrum
CTO
Mindwrap, Inc.
5:56 p.m.
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
I've not purchased anything from them since
'77, when I bought a couple of
"digital" cassette drives from them. Their 8" drive prices are about what
the
drive prices were back when the technolgy was new and current, though the drives
may not be.
Erm! The last time that I checked, Dick, admittedly not within a month
or so, they were asking $99 each for them. That is vastly different
from the prices of the '70s & '80s!
- don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Landrum" <clandrum(a)monumental.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 7:20 PM
Subject: 8 inch floppy drives
Found a nice site that can supply new 8 inch
floppy drives,
both half and full height and they have lots of different
models as well as enclosures and power supplies. Might be
a useful bookmark. I have not purchased anything from
them yet so cannot vouch for them. See:
www.cadigital.com
Craig Landrum
CTO
Mindwrap, Inc.
11:04 p.m.
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
Actually most of them are priced at nearly $200 or more.
It's as if they are old stock and they've never changed the price.
Jeff
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I've not purchased anything from them since
'77, when I bought a couple of
"digital" cassette drives from them. Their 8" drive prices are
about what the
drive prices were back when the technolgy was new and current,
though the drives
may not be.
Erm! The last time that I checked, Dick, admittedly not within a month
or so, they were asking $99 each for them. That is vastly different
from the prices of the '70s & '80s!
5 Nov
5 Nov
2:38 p.m.
If you go over their prices, some of the drives are priced at >$500 just as they
were back when they were freshly introduced to the market.
While I'd be the last one to criticize them for asking whatever they think the
market will bear, I think it's a bit overboard to call them a "good"
source,
particularly since they can't or won't tell you whether what you're after is
offered new or used, and since it's almost certainly without documentation.
(they claimed to have one set of drive documentation when I last checked, didn't
know which drive it was for, and they said when that one copy was gone, they'd
have none at all.)
I don't remember a time when 8" drives were priced as low as $200 until after
they long weren't available through distribution any longer.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Hellige" <jhellige(a)earthlink.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 3:04 AM
Subject: Re: 8 inch floppy drives
On Sun, 4 Nov
2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
Actually most of them are priced at nearly $200 or more.
It's as if they are old stock and they've never changed the price.
Jeff
--
Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File
http://www.cchaven.com
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757
I've not purchased anything from them since
'77, when I bought a couple of
"digital" cassette drives from them. Their 8" drive prices are
about what the
drive prices were back when the technolgy was new and current,
though the drives
may not be.
Erm! The last time that I checked, Dick, admittedly not within a month
or so, they were asking $99 each for them. That is vastly different
from the prices of the '70s & '80s! 
6 Nov
6 Nov
4:03 p.m.
Reminds me of Bravo Sierra that carries just about everything you need for your
Atari. They have it but it'll cost ya!
Eric
Jeff Hellige wrote:
On Sun, 4 Nov
2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
Actually most of them are priced at nearly $200 or more.
It's as if they are old stock and they've never changed the price.
Jeff
--
Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File
http://www.cchaven.com
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757 I've not purchased anything from them since
'77, when I bought a couple of
"digital" cassette drives from them. Their 8" drive prices are
about what the
drive prices were back when the technolgy was new and current,
though the drives
may not be.
Erm! The last time that I checked, Dick, admittedly not within a month
or so, they were asking $99 each for them. That is vastly different
from the prices of the '70s & '80s! 
7 Nov
7 Nov
3:13 a.m.
If anyone is looking for anything Atari, here are some sources:
B&C Computervisions
www.myatari.com
(Carries nearly anything for Atari games, computers)
Best Electronics
www.best-electronics-ca.com
(This is the place for any and every tiny little nut, both, chip and
component that was used in nearly every Atari product ever made)
Atari Classics
www.atariclassics.com
(1.2 million brand new Atari 2600 & 7800 video game cartridges, $2 each)
Happ Controls
www.happcontrols.com
(Supplier of parts, monitors and controllers to the coin-op industry)
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Chomko" <vze2wsvr(a)verizon.net>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2001 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: 8 inch floppy drives
Actually most of them are priced at nearly $200 or more.
It's as if they are old stock and they've never changed the price.
Jeff
--
Home of the TRS-80 Model 2000 FAQ File
http://www.cchaven.com
http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lakes/6757
Reminds me of Bravo Sierra that carries just about
everything you need for
your
Atari. They have it but it'll cost ya!
Eric
Jeff Hellige wrote:
> >On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> >
> >> I've not purchased anything from them since '77, when I bought a
couple of
"digital" cassette drives from them. Their 8" drive prices are
about what the
drive prices were back when the technolgy was new and current,
though the drives
may not be.
Erm! The last time that I checked, Dick, admittedly not within a month
or so, they were asking $99 each for them. That is vastly different
from the prices of the '70s & '80s! 
4:35 a.m.
New subject: Atari sources, was 8" floppies
If anyone is looking for anything Atari, here are some sources:
B&C Computervisions
www.myatari.com
(Carries nearly anything for Atari games, computers)
Best Electronics
www.best-electronics-ca.com
(This is the place for any and every tiny little nut, both, chip and
component that was used in nearly every Atari product ever made)
Atari Classics
www.atariclassics.com
(1.2 million brand new Atari 2600 & 7800 video game cartridges, $2 each)
O'Shea Ltd...
http://www.oshealtd.com/
1 million Atari games stored in a limestone cave, lots of t-shirts and other
Atari branded clothing.
Happ Controls
www.happcontrols.com
(Supplier of parts, monitors and controllers to the coin-op industry)
At http://www.goatstore.com they have Atari stuff++ and these JAMMA joysticks
that look *very* sturdy and comfortable.
Cheers,
Bryan
10 p.m.
Curt Vendel skrev:
Atari Classics
www.atariclassics.com
(1.2 million brand new Atari 2600 & 7800 video game cartridges, $2 each)
Hmm, that's a nice price. I suppose those are USA carts. Are there any
incompatibilities visavis PAL systems?
--
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Keine Grenze verlockt mehr zum Schmuggeln als die Altersgrenze.
--- Robert Musil
8 Sep
8 Sep
2:55 a.m.
You can get PAL to work on NTSC, but I don't think you can do it in reverse
since the PAL chips don't have the bandwidth for the extra resolution. You
could get an NTSC console and if you play around a lot with the vertical
hold on the TV's and such you can stablize it and use it on a PAL tv and use
all NTSC carts.
Curt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Iggy Drougge" <optimus(a)canit.se>
To: "Curt Vendel" <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 5:00 AM
Subject: Re: 8 inch floppy drives
Curt Vendel skrev:
Atari Classics
www.atariclassics.com
(1.2 million brand new Atari 2600 & 7800 video game cartridges, $2 each)
Hmm, that's a nice price. I suppose those are USA carts. Are there any
incompatibilities visavis PAL systems?
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
Keine Grenze verlockt mehr zum Schmuggeln als die Altersgrenze.
--- Robert Musil
8 Nov
8 Nov
7:29 a.m.
Curt Vendel skrev:
You can get PAL to work on NTSC, but I don't think
you can do it in reverse
since the PAL chips don't have the bandwidth for the extra resolution. You
could get an NTSC console and if you play around a lot with the vertical
hold on the TV's and such you can stablize it and use it on a PAL tv and use
all NTSC carts.
The 2600 must be quite singular if it achieves higher resolutions in NTSC than
PAL. After all, on a hardware level, PAL is more high-resoluting (650 lines as
opposed to 525?), whereas NTSC has a higher refresh rate.
--
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5 Nov
5 Nov
2:33 p.m.
Actually, I was generalizing over their entire offering of 8" drives, and it's
quite true that they have at least one drive, and in fact, not a bad one, for
$99. However, most of their 8" drives, shipped without documentation, and not
always "new," are priced at levels consistent with early-80's pricing for
new
drives. Their most expensive are not necessarily their best, nor are the
cheapest ones the worst. The problem, though, is the absence of information in
advance as to whether you're buying a new drive or a "cleaned-up" used one,
which it takes a bit of effort to extract from them.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Maslin" <donm(a)cts.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: 8 inch floppy drives
On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> I've not purchased anything from them since '77, when I bought a couple of
> "digital" cassette drives from them. Their 8" drive prices are about
what
the
> drive prices were back when the technolgy was new
and current, though the
drives
may not be.
Erm! The last time that I checked, Dick, admittedly not within a month
or so, they were asking $99 each for them. That is vastly different
from the prices of the '70s & '80s!
- don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Landrum" <clandrum(a)monumental.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 7:20 PM
Subject: 8 inch floppy drives
Found a nice site that can supply new 8 inch
floppy drives,
both half and full height and they have lots of different
models as well as enclosures and power supplies. Might be
a useful bookmark. I have not purchased anything from
them yet so cannot vouch for them. See:
www.cadigital.com
Craig Landrum
CTO
Mindwrap, Inc.
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