Hi Zeus334, What exactly is the problem with your old IIci's especially this FDD? R/W problems or eject problems? etc? Oh, does my suggestions were helpful so far? Those old 1.44 drives are HIGH ticket because of it's demand for older machines and Apple have a horrible policy. Reason for this high price and hard to find spare ones: 1. Apple grants authoriztion to repair depots and tells them to always send broken stuff no matter what and they get discount on other available replacement parts. For broken parts their policy is grind 'em up. And ratio between apples and PC's are about 1:10. So, combined with this, rare unwanted parts and junk, demand from remaining users who still use theirs drive prices up. 2. so few places operate unauthorized reseller or repairs for apples. I was scared stiff when I found 1.44 drives for older ones cost over 100 each even it's used! What do you think of one mac clone you have in your lab? Jason D.