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| From: Don Judy
Date: 1999-10-07
Subject: Re: R: disk drives.
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Valentino wrote:
>
> Da: Mart Tõnso <tm@hwg.edu.ee>
> A: <plus4@c64.rulez.org>
> Data invio: giovedì 7 ottobre 1999 11.51
> Oggetto: disk drives.
>
> > I've been looking for all kinds of commodore drives for a long time, but i
> > still have not found one.
> > Well.. i have found, but my location makes it pretty hard to deliver.
> > I'm in Estonia (get the maps)
>
> Here in Italy (get the maps), there are only 1541. I had a lot of problems
> and
> a long time to give an used 1551 from Germany.
> See nice prices at
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jim_haws/forsale.htm
>
> >
> > So...
> > To my knowledge these drives should be usable with plus/4
> > 1541 (most common)
> > 1551 (designed for plus/4 / c16)
> > 1581 (has anyone seen it anywhere???)
>
> This last one (1581) doesn't work with Plus4 :-( sorry!
> BTW anybody can study a project to adapt it?
>
> > Are there any others?
> > TM.
>
> Not for Plus4. Others are: 1571, 1001 (?) and old models (4040 etc.).
>
> Bye
> _!_
> SVS of [FIRE]
>
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What doesn't work about the 1581? I see Jim Hehl mention in text on ceep4a disks that he uses it.
I use the 1571 on Plus/4 all the time, it works well even in 1571 mode, although you only get the extra side, not the burst or fast serial loads and saves.
It's nice to have 1328 blocks instead of 664, you could probably even use it as two single sides at the same time, 8,0 and 8,1.
Also CMD which can abe found at www.cmdweb.com makes the FD2000, a hd 3.5" disk drive which will work with the Plus/4. They also inform me their hard drives work with the Plussy.
dj
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