8250 LP Double disk drive for the commodore 64

From: Gary Dean Hildebrand <ghldbrd_at_ccp.com>
Date: Wed Jul 2 11:23:00 2003

Lance S writes:

> I am looking for an 8250 LP Double disk drive for the commodore 64. Second
> hand is fine. If anyone could help me out it would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Lance.
 

Why do you want that drive? It is designed for the PET series, and has the
full blown IEEE-488 interface, which the C=64 lacks. So you'd need the
adapter on the 64 as well, and I bet they are harder to find than WMD in
Iraq..

I'd just get a couple of 1541's and daisy chain them together on the port,
along with the printer or printer adapter. If you're wanting double sided
disks, then go with a 128 and 1571 drives, and then you can play cp/m as
well.

Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO
Received on Wed Jul 02 2003 - 11:23:00 BST