Re: Apple 3.5 Superdrive Disk Controller

[Warren Ernst <wernst@gmail.com>]

On Aug 26, 1:52 pm, Drew <GoggleD...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 26, 9:33 pm, "Christopher G. Mason" <c...@my-deja.com> wrote:
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> > Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> > > 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".
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> > > They still are quite useful, but you are correct that the combination
> > > of CFFA and CiderPress has certainly made them unnecessary.
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> > I was lucky enough to get one from Shreve Systems for a whopping $50.
> > They apparently got overstock from Apple or something but never really
> > advertised that they had them. I thought it was a bargain at the time
> > for a NIB "rare" card. The few that popped up on ebay back then were
> > going for a mere $100. I found it useful at the time, it saved me from
> > having to setup my Localtalk network or using a Mac as a "slave" to
> > transfer stuff to 800k disks. I guess I won't get into how I snagged a
> > TWGS with 32k cache for $25 or a VOC for $40...;)
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> $25!!!  lol I won't mention i picked up 2 x ZIP GSX cards for about
> $40 (about 6 years ago mind) ;-)...ok so not not as a good as  TWGS ;-)

Getting FDHD drive mechs to slap into Apple 3.5" drives is the easy
part, and still pretty cheap.

Really, the only super-handy part of having a superdrive controller
and set of superdrives is being able to hot-swap storage devices, so
to speak: no need to shut down the Apple just to pull the CF card to
copy a bunch of files over, or to set up the FTP server and boot GSOS
in order to use FTP over the Uthernet.

I got mine 2 years ago for $75 from the Bay, and I consider it worth
the expense. I couldn't see spending any more for it, though...

-Warr