hugh@hcrvx1.UUCP (Hugh Redelmeier) (01/22/85)
In this month's BYTE, two dealers are offering Remex double-sided, double-density, 2/3 height, 5.25 inch floppy-disk drives cheap: - California Digital (pg449) $39 - Priority One Electronics (pg362) $59 for one, $49 each for 2-9 Both say brand new, in factory carton. P1 says tested up to 2mS track-to-track. CD says (in pg448 fine print) the model is RFD480. What are the gotchas? Here are my concerns: - I guess Remex must be going/gone out of the business - spare parts, service might be difficult (so buy an extra drive??) - their product might be inferior, causing their demise - the drives may not come aligned (not, for me, an insurmountable problem) - how does one put a 2/3 height drive in a full-height hole? (I have a Kaypro II (single-sided drives) that I am itching to upgrade; I have a friend with an OLD IBM PC that still has single-sided drives) - are these things plug-compatible with Tandon tm100-2 drives? - signals, plugs, jumpers, power, speed, 40 Cylinders - maybe they are all gone already Does anyone out there have any more answers (or questions)? Mail to me; if warranted, I will post a summary.