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Amtrade High Density Floppy Drives: Worth It?
« on: August 26, 2006, 04:05:59 AM »
Does anyone have any experience with the Amtrade HD floppy drives?  My supply of working 880K floppy disks is dwindling rapidly and I was wondering whether it was worth it to invest in one of these or just try and find an 880K floppy supplier.

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Re: Amtrade High Density Floppy Drives: Worth It?
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2006, 05:16:10 AM »
Everyone,

Thanks for the responses.  I think I'm going to forgo the HD floppy drive and purchase a pack or two of DDs from http://www.windsorgrp.com/, as was recommended.

The two primary uses are to transfer data from the A2000 to the A1200 as I don't have the A1200's network quite right and for creating backups of some key software.  The DD drive units in the Amigas work fine, it's just the disks I have are questionable.  And, as I've gone through them, I began to realize that some of them were questionable to begin with (I bought them really cheap from a friends dad's insurance business who used them for backups before moving over to tape backup!)!

As for the old ones, not sure what I'm doing with them... probably use them as beer coasters!

Again, thanks!
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