barry.peterson Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 (edited) I have several and just ask for priority mail shipping cost. Edited May 20, 2017 by barry.peterson 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etownandy Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Is there anything you can tell us about them? Full/half height, SS/DS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry.peterson Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Is there anything you can tell us about them? Full/half height, SS/DS... Half-height double-sided various models and colors: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diecrusher Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 PM sent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etownandy Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Wouldn't mind stockpiling a matching pair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Schmitzi Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 There is one ghost drive. The LED is on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digdugnate Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 There is one ghost drive. The LED is on Ghost drive is WATCHING and WAITING.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Quick off topic unrelated question about these. I am using a PC 3.5" drive with my PEB - no issues, are the TI 5.24" drives also PC interchangeable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry.peterson Posted June 2, 2017 Author Share Posted June 2, 2017 I've been gone for a week with ~zero connectivity but have returned and will get to work on the long list of interested persons. I could do things faster in my youth but I'm no longer in my youth and now it's time for my nap. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndp630 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 I've been gone for a week with ~zero connectivity but have returned and will get to work on the long list of interested persons. I could do things faster in my youth but I'm no longer in my youth and now it's time for my nap. Do you still have excess drives? I currently don't have any that function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I have a couple of 5 1/4 drives but have not used them since 1997 as 3 1/2 just are better in so many ways. I guess nostalgia is the reason for using 5 14 drives and floppies. I also had a 8 inch floppy drive but it would only do SSSD and could not see a reason for keeping it so gave it away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Do you still have excess drives? I currently don't have any that function. Why not use 3 1/2 drives they are cheaper and easy to get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I guess nostalgia is the reason for using 5 14 drives and floppies. Why not use 3 1/2 drives they are cheaper and easy to get? Perhaps he simply does not want to? My reason for using 5.25" floppies has a little to do with nostalgia -- maybe 5% -- and the rest is about the tool itself. DSDD 3.5" drives are near impossible to find and expensive when you do. HD 3.5" drives and disks, while they work, present a dilemma to me I find extremely difficult to reconcile: unused capacity. It seems a waste to use a 360k controller with a 1.44MB-capable disk, even 720k. I believe the 80 track modification will allow 720k† and that makes me feel a little better with DSDD disks. I have to give Hal (not H.A.L.) credit for this nugget when he said to me last weekend, "I know I can give my [sSSD] disk to anyone and they'll be able to use it." Well, I know that anyone with a TI and disk controller can use some format of 5.25" floppy. Same as I can swap 1541-formatted 5.25" disks with Commodore 64 people, 880k FFS-formatted DSDD 3.5" with Amiga people, etc. I suppose at some point the saturation and standardization of 3.5" disks on the TI will encourage me to accept them, but for now the original and therefor proper tool is the 5.25" disk though I may also have a 3.5" attached. I try not to be so quick to attribute to nostalgia what may be unseen practical purposes. † Someone correct me if I am wrong, please. I have never been clear on this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) Perhaps he simply does not want to? My reason for using 5.25" floppies has a little to do with nostalgia -- maybe 5% -- and the rest is about the tool itself. DSDD 3.5" drives are near impossible to find and expensive when you do. HD 3.5" drives and disks, while they work, present a dilemma to me I find extremely difficult to reconcile: unused capacity. It seems a waste to use a 360k controller with a 1.44MB-capable disk, even 720k. I believe the 80 track modification will allow 720k† and that makes me feel a little better with DSDD disks. I have to give Hal (not H.A.L.) credit for this nugget when he said to me last weekend, "I know I can give my [sSSD] disk to anyone and they'll be able to use it." Well, I know that anyone with a TI and disk controller can use some format of 5.25" floppy. Same as I can swap 1541-formatted 5.25" disks with Commodore 64 people, 880k FFS-formatted DSDD 3.5" with Amiga people, etc. I suppose at some point the saturation and standardization of 3.5" disks on the TI will encourage me to accept them, but for now the original and therefor proper tool is the 5.25" disk though I may also have a 3.5" attached. I try not to be so quick to attribute to nostalgia what may be unseen practical purposes. † Someone correct me if I am wrong, please. I have never been clear on this. I can go to Goodwill and find a 3.5 right now easy, but 5 1/4 are like looking for a unicorn. I saw a stack of 720 3.5 drives at a machine shop as older DNC Lathes uses them for programming. Rule of thumb is the older something is the harder it is to find. Also they made many times more 3.5 drives then they ever made 5 1/4 drives. My main reason for switching was size it would fit in shirt pocket and did not need a special cover to handle it. Which is also why I liked Apple CD RAM with a cover better then current popular CD or DVD with no cover as you have to carefully handle them and not drop them. I have no issue with people wanting to use 5 1/4 but honestly it has to be a much bigger hassle to use and store. Edited October 25, 2017 by RXB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndp630 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Why not use 3 1/2 drives they are cheaper and easy to get? All of my old disks are 5 1/4" right now. I did use 3.5" when I had my Geneve and I do agree that they're more reliable. I want a drive now that will work with the disks I have, and intend to use the TIPI project, or some other solid state device in the future for storage instead of any kind of physical medium. I wouldn't mind having a 3.5" drive also, but right now I don't have any functioning drive at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Well good luck. Out of all my disks only one was impossible to convert from 5 1/4 to 3 1/2 but I got help to do that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I am curious about the drive on the upper-right of the picture. What model is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry.peterson Posted October 25, 2017 Author Share Posted October 25, 2017 Although 3½" drives might have some advantages, they're useless if you have 5¼" diskettes. I've accumulated a lot of "stuff" during my life which now has limited usefulness. I offered those drives since I had far more than I'll ever use. I also have some 1.2 MB drives, some 720KB and 1.44MB 3½" drives and a lot of 3½" and 5¼" diskettes. I shipped out all of the drives shown in the picture and have come to one conclusion: shipping is far more trouble than it's worth. If any of y'all knock on my door, I'll see what I can find. I have another request for drives and will see what I can find... I've given my wife Bob Carmany's phone# with instructions that if I keel over she should call him and offer any/all of my "stuff" if he wants it. Otherwise have somebody take it to Goodwill or recycle or landfill. At that point I'll no longer care. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 I shipped out all of the drives shown in the picture and have come to one conclusion: shipping is far more trouble than it's worth. If any of y'all knock on my door, I'll see what I can find. I have another request for drives and will see what I can find... Aw, bummer. I really wanted to know about that one with the dual LEDs. Yeah, shipping can be a VERY big hassle. My biggest problem is maintaining boxes which will fit the various things I want to ship. USPS and FedEx online shipping is not so bad, except that USPS does not provide any shipping option on-line other than Priority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrax27407 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 Thank you, Barry. Hopefully you will be with us for a long time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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