CTuna@cup.portal.com (Don S Gladden) (04/05/91)
I have a commodore 1581 3 1/2 inch drive here with the new 1772
controller chip installed for sale.
Tip top condition, with all original documentation and demo disk.
I am asking $225.00 for the drive with PS and serial cable.
Address is: Don Gladden
PO Box 247
Fullerton, CA 92632-0247
(714) 526-3270ragnarok@buhub.bradley.edu (Ragnarok) (04/07/91)
In <40937@cup.portal.com> CTuna@cup.portal.com (Don S Gladden) writes: >I have a commodore 1581 3 1/2 inch drive here with the new 1772 >controller chip installed for sale. >Tip top condition, with all original documentation and demo disk. >I am asking $225.00 for the drive with PS and serial cable. I'm sorry, but you can get those cheaper NEW. I think the going price mail order is either $189 or $169..... -- INTERNET: ragnarok@buhub.bradley.edu OR ragnarok@bucs1.bradley.edu OR aamlath@heartland.bradley.edu OR af547@cleveland.freenet.edu "GEE, WHAT A CHOICE!"
CTuna@cup.portal.com (Don S Gladden) (04/07/91)
Yes, you do see ads for them, but try to find a company that has one in stock. I paid $269 for it three years ago,
kpfister@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Karen Pfister) (04/12/91)
You are not going to sell it for that price!
XWUU@PURCCVM.BITNET (04/13/91)
1581 drive - in stock - local Toys-R-Us ...$219 xwuu@purccvm
marshall@cs.arizona.edu (Ron D. Marshall) (04/14/91)
I bought a 1581 from Toys `r' Us. Drive mechanism was busted. So I returned it for another one which was also busted. The way the stock room was handling them (I could see through a window when I got the second one) its no wonder. They didn't seem to realize a disk drive is more delicate than a basketball. So, I drove 45 minutes out of my way to the only Commodore dealer left in the state of Arizona who sells C-64 stuff and got a working 1581. I love it. Moral: don't trust a toy store with a real toy. --Ron.