Posted By
Chicken
on 2009-10-05
10:34:47
 |  Re: Brand New Plus/4
Hi and welcome 
About the foppy drives... A 1551 would be nice but those are extremely rare, epecially on your side of the big pond. Most plus/4 users have a 1541 or 1541-II which are probably the easiest to obtain anyway. Plus, they are supported by many programs (e.g. speed loaders, demos, games) as well.
Though, any of the floppy drives you can find in the hardware section on this site will do.
There are several MMC/SD card based "alternatives" that emulate (more or less acurately) a 1541 drive. This might be a good option if you need to transfer files from PC. Since I don't have any of these devices I can't say much about availability. Most of them stem from the C64 "scene" but they can be used for plus/4, too.
Otherwise, there are several cables available that let you connect a 1541 to the parallel port of your PC. They are called X[another letter]1541 cables. Depending on the OS on your PC different versions are recommended.
Btw, do you have any manuals? You could just hook up the plus/4 to a display and start playing around with BASIC... getting familiar with that doesn't require a floppy drive. Ok, you won't be able to save your work but for some experiments it's just fine.
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