Re: Apple II 3.5" Drive Controller Project prototypes!! (High Density Disks!!)

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Apr 17, 6:30 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> I guess I don't see why these would be of any interest to collectors--
> and for users, they are just second-best to a real Apple 3.5 Disk
> Controller.

I can understand the comment regarding ccollectors as new items have
little "collectable value", but for users I would have thought that
these cards would be great! If the card works the same as a real
Superdrive controller, what does it matter to a user whether it is a
genuine Apple card or not?

> Of course, it would be good to see more of these become available,
> but I wouldn't expect any price *premium* over an Apple card, which
> would be about $100-$150, depending on scarcity.

I agree that if the price asked for these cards is too high, then most
users will probably seek alternative means of storage - e.g. use a
CFFA and use the Compact Flash card as a pseudo floppy disk. Having
said that, having seen what genuine Apple Superdrive controllers
having been selling for on eBay over the last couple of years, you
would be doing *really* well to find one in the $100-$150 price range.
Most (if not all) of the one's I've seen go for well in excess of
$200, sometimes over $300. Probably the work of collectors, but as
these cards are few and far between, the price set by the collectors
is the same price that us users are faced with.

If Henry can produce reasonably priced Superdrive controllers, I have
a Superdrive sitting at home waiting for a controller to talk
to...   ;-)

Until then, my externally mounted Compact Flash card connected to a
CFFA controller will suffice.

Cheers,
Mike