Re: Apple 3.5 Superdrive Disk Controller

[Drew <GoggleDrew@gmail.com>]

On Aug 26, 7:21 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> a2...@hotmail.com wrote:
> >> Just seen this on ebay and its like nearly $400 dollars....Is this
> >> normal for Superdrive controllers? I am sure I bought one about 5
> >> years ago for like £50 and that was NIB. Amazed..
>
> > Yes, these controllers have gone up. They are not rare, just uncommon.
>
> > I don't get why people want them so badly now, since CF options are so
> > plentiful. If someone wants one that bad, I've got NIB cards I'd
> > consider selling for $400.
>
> I remember when Shreve Systems was selling them off NIB for about $20.
> Then a year or so later, they were being re-sold for about $30, and
> now, a few years later, they've become "gold".
>
> They still are quite useful, but you are correct that the combination
> of CFFA and CiderPress has certainly made them unnecessary.
>
> -michael
>
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I have most things for my IIGS, superdrives, CFFA , Uthernet (for
transferring stuff this has to be pretty much the best item i have)
and sometimes it is handy to get my powerbook G3 out and just use
floppies between Bernie, the mac and a real GS. The floppy is also hot
swappable :-) unlike the CFFA. I just wasn't expecting that much money
for something which isn't necessarily a necessity for a GS to run,
unlike memory cards and accelerator cards. I was lucky enough to pick
up a couple of superdrive cards over the years for a fraction of that
cost so feel like i did well. If i remeber at the time the difficulty
i had was getting the drive mechanisms to upgrade my 800K drives. I am
sure they will be one thing that will next go up in price. There is
someone on ebay selling his last stock of New Superdrive mechanisms
for the GS

Drew