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Re: Planning to make my custom case.
« on: November 17, 2013, 04:00:50 AM »
If you have the money, I'd toss out the floppy drive and invest in one of these instead.

http://lotharek.pl/product.php?pid=42
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Re: Planning to make my custom case.
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2013, 11:45:29 PM »
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Heh; so far I have spent 150 USD for this mod; between case, components; material, adapters and such...would cost me less to get a 4000 if I have to spend also money for the item that you posted :P 99 euro is about 140 USD, without even considering shipping!

Plus you need to play with the buttons and read on a tiny LCD screen...if you have 2000 disks basically you can just cut your wrists and wait for a slow death :D I wish there was a better system; altho I use the floppy so rarely that it won't really bother me.


 Understandable, money is hard to come by these days. I don't own one of these devices my self, at least not yet, but I want one because like money, floppy disks are becoming rarer, and they will not last forever, so a solution like this will help everyone in the long run me thinks. As for the menu system, I don't find it that annoying with the similar devices I own for my Atari 8-bit computers. Mind you, disk switching is done on the monitor through the Atari, but I'm sure looking at an LCD can't be any worse than using a calculator, though I think the cheaper offerings (without the screen) can be driven via the Amiga too.

 Anyhow, I just thought you might find it handy. I am loving this thread of yours though, one of the more interesting threads in a while.
Earth has a lot of things other folks might want... like the whole planet. And maybe these folks would like a few changes made, like more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and room for their way of life. - William S. Burroughs