CamTheBridge Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Hi all, I'm looking into getting a floppy drive for my 99, but I don't want to break the bank for one. Is there anywhere (or any other type of drive) that I could get? What are all your suggestions? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Hi all, I'm looking into getting a floppy drive for my 99, but I don't want to break the bank for one. Is there anywhere (or any other type of drive) that I could get? What are all your suggestions? Thanks! First off, do you have an expansion box? Have you read the pinned post FAQ? Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamTheBridge Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Yup! I read through the whole pinned post and no I do not have a PEB. They go for so much on eBay right now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTIGuy Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Well all the options will make your wallet scream... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Without a P-Box or the standalone floppy controller sidecar your options are few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinphaltimus Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) I'm guessing you need a storage medium and are not just in the market to collect one. Unless you want to go virtual floppy. Is there a reason you want an actual physical floppy drive? (You have disks you want to access?).I think virtual floppies are the way to go if you don't have a PEB. If you did have a PEB with a floppy disk controller, I'd recommend a GoTek or HxC virtual floppy drive.Without a PEB, the only things I know of or can think of at the moment are nanoPEB which stores virtual floppy drives on a CF Card. OR wait until TiPi is ready which will allow you to use a Raspberry Pi as virtual floppy drives plus more. (easiest transfer from PC to TI via web browser interface, open files across the web, more to come as development continues...)If you have physical floppy disks you want access to, there are members here (including myself) that are willing to transfer those disks to virtual disk files for use in emulators or virtual floppy drives. EDIT: fixed some typos. Edited December 7, 2017 by Sinphaltimus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Yup! I read through the whole pinned post and no I do not have a PEB. They go for so much on eBay right now Where are you located? I have a couple in Oregon I'd sell reasonably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamTheBridge Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 Where are you located? I have a couple in Oregon I'd sell reasonably. Haha, it seems like everyone is out west. I'm all the way over in Massachusetts, but thanks for the offer. Its looking like I'm probably going to go for a nanoPEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamTheBridge Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 I'm guessing you need a storage medium and are not just in the market to collect one. Unless you want to go virtual floppy. Is there a reason you want an actual physical floppy drive? (You have disks you want to access?). I think virtual floppies are the way to go if you don't have a PEB. If you did have a PEB with a floppy disk controller, I'd recommend a GoTek or HxC virtual floppy drive. Without a PEB, the only things I know of or can think of at the moment are nanoPEB which stores virtual floppy drives on a CF Card. OR wait until TiPi is ready which will allow you to use a Raspberry Pi as virtual floppy drives plus more. (easiest transfer from PC to TI via web browser interface, open files across the web, more to come as development continues...) If you have physical floppy disks you want access to, there are members here (including myself) that are willing to transfer those disks to virtual disk files for use in emulators or virtual floppy drives. EDIT: fixed some typos. I don't have any physical floppys, I'm more just really into how cool old storage media is. I LOVE using cassettes to store BASIC code, and I figured having a real floppy would be pretty fun too, but since its so expensive to aquire a drive I'll just go the more modern route Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMenard Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 Haha, it seems like everyone is out west. I'm all the way over in Massachusetts, but thanks for the offer. Its looking like I'm probably going to go for a nanoPEB Take a number... They're backordered and arcadeshopper doesn't know when the next batch is coming in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted December 7, 2017 Share Posted December 7, 2017 TIPI is really going to be the next great thing. I expect we'll be selling them (and hopefully more 32k sidecars to plug it into) sometime first quarter 2018 Greg 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMenard Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 TIPI is really going to be the next great thing. I expect we'll be selling them (and hopefully more 32k sidecars to plug it into) sometime first quarter 2018 Greg Like the song says... Waiting is the hardest part... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 Like the song says... Waiting is the hardest part... I thought it was "Ned Beatty had the hardest part." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMenard Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I thought it was "Ned Beatty had the hardest part." That's a nice parody :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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