walt@rclex.UUCP (Walter L. Weber) (05/23/86)
In the May 1986 issue of ST Applications (new magazine) there is
an advertisement for a company who is doing hardware upgrades of
SS drives to double sided. They advertisement reads
"Send your SF354 disk drive unit (No power supplies please)
with $120 plus shipping & handling to....."
The company is called "Komputer Korral" in Portales, NM.
Does anyone have any experience with this company, or with upgrading
their drives to double-sided?
(Please don't say "You should have thought about that BEFORE.....", since
that statement is reserved for parents taking children on long
automobile trips! :-)
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Walt Weber UUCP: {harvard,ll-xn}!rclex!walt
Ridge Computers PHONE: (617) 861-6000
Lexington, Mass. COMPUSERVE: 76515,2423grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins) (05/23/86)
In article <765@rclex.UUCP> walt@rclex.UUCP (Walter L. Weber) writes: >In the May 1986 issue of ST Applications (new magazine) there is >an advertisement for a company who is doing hardware upgrades of >SS drives to double sided. They advertisement reads > "Send your SF354 disk drive unit (No power supplies please) > with $120 plus shipping & handling to....." > >The company is called "Komputer Korral" in Portales, NM. > >Does anyone have any experience with this company, or with upgrading >their drives to double-sided? > >Walt Weber UUCP: {harvard,ll-xn}!rclex!walt I don't know about the company, but this sounds like a reasonable deal. You can upgrade the unit youself, by replacing the actual floppy drive with an Epson SMD-180 drive. You would would have to pay around $100 for the drive, and it would only take a few minutes to switch the drive and bezel. The Korral could make a nice profit, since they can buy the drives at wholesale prices, and resell the old single sided drive to a repair shop. Now why didn't I think of that? -- George Robbins - now working with, uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV Commodore, Engineering Department fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)