2 Mar
2011
2 Mar
'11
10:10 a.m.
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From: "MikeS" <dm561 at torfree.net>
Reply-To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 12:32:05 -0500
What is a typical sales price for a functioning 8" drive? I have some YE data
YD180 "surplus to requirements". They run on +5 and +24 VDC. The power connect
looks like the connects on 3.5" floppies, about double width. All drives are DSDD
Date: Tue, 01
Mar 2011 14:50:19 -0800
From: Geoffrey Reed <geoffr at zipcon.net>
Subject: Re: WTD: 8-inch floppy drive
IIRC the tandon TM-848-2 drives use 24VDC motors... I always liked them
better than the shugart drives.
Me too!
Note that the earlier TM-848s used a belt drive, whereas the 848-2 is direct
drive (all 24VDC of course).
m
3 Mar
3 Mar
2:05 a.m.
On Wed, 2 Mar 2011, Al Kossow wrote:
On 3/2/11 10:10 AM, nico wrote:
There were dozens of 8" drives that CHM left at Castrop-Rauxel, so I'd say
they aren't worth that much. I wouldn't pay more than 10 EUR e.g. on a
flea market.
Christian
What is a typical sales price for a functioning
8" drive?
I'll cover the cost up to $100 total. 
2 Mar
2 Mar
11:11 a.m.
From: "Al Kossow" <aek at bitsavers.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 7:56 PM
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Subject: Re: WTD: 8-inch floppy drive
On 3/2/11 10:10 AM, nico wrote:
$100? !!! Just an hour ago, I emailed Philip this:
What is a typical sales price for a functioning
8" drive?
How much would it cost to get one to Philip from where you are?
I'll cover the cost up to $100 total. One of my "probably-never" projects is this
8" disk drive in a PDP-11
simulation. It is a Tandon 848E, a "half-height" model.
I also have that hard to find (?) 6-pin AMP power supply connector!
I am in The Netherlands, so shipping would not be too expensive, but
still something as the drive weighs a bit. I can take a few pictures of
all
sides. The drive looks cosmetically very good, and AFAIK complete.
Yes, I have to say "untested" ... but if you explain me how, I can do some
simple tests here.
I am not looking for $700, that is ridiculous. Not even $50 (would be nice
though ...) Just make an offer. I seem to remember that I had a second
one, in lesser shape.
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