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by Gyro Gearloose
Thu Apr 20, 2023 5:45 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"

Vaguely - I remember a cook? In any case that 128D setup sounds fun.
by Gyro Gearloose
Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:43 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"

Oh, are you a nerd as well? For me, the 1541's sound is also nostalgic, one clear memory I have is the first time loading GEOS, the sound of the stepper is different once the turbo kicks in, tangible evidence that something wonderful is about to happen. GEOS on a C64 is pure pain. Not when I was in...
by Gyro Gearloose
Tue Apr 18, 2023 3:27 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"

I want the old hardware. Weird but true. Maybe it's because I spent years listening to the sound of a 1541 stepper motor and whirring disks. There's a charm to the old hardware that new hardware can't replicate. Oh, are you a nerd as well? For me, the 1541's sound is also nostalgic, one clear memor...
by Gyro Gearloose
Tue Apr 18, 2023 2:30 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"

by Gyro Gearloose
Tue Apr 18, 2023 1:09 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"

I can find you either FD controller on Aliexpress. The ED controller is the National PC8477BV or the Intel 82077AA, the HD controller is the DP8473V. eg: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005106937098.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.11.1ac21802Ivqx58 Apparently if you remove the HD contr...
by Gyro Gearloose
Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:25 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"

Let's see what Spock has to say about it

by Gyro Gearloose
Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:06 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"

banman wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 4:31 am
Gyro Gearloose wrote: Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:29 am I want the old hardware. All the weird things and exotic out-of-reach hardware I saw in magazines as a kid. Like my SFD-1001 drive.
Absolutely!
Nerd. :lol:
by Gyro Gearloose
Mon Apr 17, 2023 1:29 am
Forum: Hardware
Topic: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"

None of that is fun for me. I want the old hardware. All the weird things and exotic out-of-reach hardware I saw in magazines as a kid. Like my SFD-1001 drive. What's the point? I don't know, but a 1M floppy in ~1983 was more amazing to me as a kid than any TB SSD or GHz CPU is to me now. :D
by Gyro Gearloose
Mon Apr 10, 2023 5:39 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"

Well I received the adapter and indeed it doesn't work. The drive just spins and nothing else happens. I don't know if these mechanisms are still good. Oh well, another idea on the backburner.
by Gyro Gearloose
Sun Mar 26, 2023 3:54 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"
Replies: 23
Views: 2521

Re: I'd like to propose a "FD-3000"

Well first I want to hook up just one laptop drive. I ordered a 34 pin to 26 pin floppy adapter and I'll see. Plus I have no idea if those laptop drives even work at all. Just another one of my random ideas ...