geert@ahds.UUCP (Geert W.T. Jonkheer CCS/TS) (04/22/91)
I wonder, if you can still buy a 1581 drive (I prefer buying one in the Netherlands). If it is, what's is price nowadays? What are the advantages of the 1581 compared to the 1571, and runs CP/M 3.0 with this drive? Geert. UUCP: ...!hp4nl!ahds!geert
CTuna@cup.portal.com (Don S Gladden) (04/23/91)
It is *very* hard to find 1581 drives at all any more. I had one, and just sold it for $175.00. You see ads for them in magazines occasionally, but the companies are all out of stock. Commodore is not making them any longer, and the controller chips (1770 and 1772) have both been discontinued by the manufacturers. There may be a few scattered in some stores somwhere, but they are getting scarce. Don