Hello!

How often do the FD-2000 or fd-4000 drives come up for sale?  I saw that 
cmdrkey lists them, but they are two months out..I don't know about 
waiting that long for a drive...

To the people who have these drives, what do you think about them?

Thanks!!!

Douglas

:)

On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Douglas Carroll wrote:

> How often do the FD-2000 or fd-4000 drives come up for sale?

 	FD-2000's?  Every once in awhile.  FD-4000's?  Rarely.

> To the people who have these drives, what do you think about them?

 	Both are excellent drives.  The FD-4000 is the most versatile, 
because it can format DD, HD, and ED disks.  However, the FD-4000 uses a 
TEAC FD-235J mechanism.  Not easy to find a replacement mech if the 
FD-4000 goes down.  The FD-2000, which can use DD and HD disks, uses the 
common TEAC FD-235HF mechanism.  In other words, no problem replacing the 
mech in the FD-2000.

 					Truly,
 					Robert Bernardo
 					Fresno Commodore User Group
 					http://videocam.net.au/fcug

Douglas Carroll wrote:
> Hello!
>
> How often do the FD-2000 or fd-4000 drives come up for sale?
> I saw that cmdrkey lists them, but they are two months
> out..I don't know about waiting that long for a drive...

ED disks are rarely seen in the WINDOWS community.  HD disks are
more readily available and used in the PC world.  Sharing data
with C= and PC users would be just as easy with an FD2K.  Since
Mr. Bernardo suggests that FD2Ks may be easier to fix, you may
want to dumb down with one of those.  FD2Ks are rare but more
common than FD4Ks.  I was unaware that FD4Ks are still being made.

If you anticipate storing data for your own private
use, you may want a CMD or a LT. KERNAL hard drive.
The CMDs are still being made although it was reported
that there's a waiting list for those as well.

On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 Paul R. wrote:

> ED disks are rarely seen in the WINDOWS community.

 	ED disks are available from Maurice Randall and another supplier 
(whose name I forget right now) in Seaside, Oregon.

> HD disks are more readily available and used in the PC world.

 	True.  However, by using the FD Utilities disk, a HD disk (or even 
a DD disk) can be formatted as an ED disk on the FD-4000.

> I was unaware that FD4Ks are still being made.

 	Well, Maurice Randall says that if you provide him the FD-235J 
mechanism, he can build a FD-4000 for you.

 					Truly,
 					Robert Bernardo
 					Fresno Commodore User Group
 					http://videocam.net.au/fcug

r_u_sure@mybluelight.com wrote:
> Douglas Carroll wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> How often do the FD-2000 or fd-4000 drives come up for sale?
>> I saw that cmdrkey lists them, but they are two months
>> out..I don't know about waiting that long for a drive...
>
> ED disks are rarely seen in the WINDOWS community.

ED disks never really made it. I guess the only true attempt in the PC 
market to push the ED format was made when some IBM PS/2 were shipped from 
factory with an ED enhanced disk drive, but the overall PS/2 concept was 
doomed by failure from start, by poor marketing and wrong decisions at IBM, 
and sadly the whole technology, quite innovative for its time, never really 
had a chance.

Riccardo