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_at_stockholm.ptloma.edu>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 8:29 PM
Subject: Re: Commodore floppy drives; faster than you can type
> > > Even the lowly 1581 commands an increasingly high price...
> >
> > Scary.
>
> Yep, I paid $100 for mine, although granted I bought it in '94. Even
today
> they'll still run in the $50-60 range.
>
> > > ... 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.
>
> 1591 ROMs did allegedly exist, but my only contact for them, who
actually
> 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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>
Received on Thu Jun 06 2002 - 21:29:49 BST