Re: Convert 1/2Mb to 1Mb disk drives??

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From: George Robbins
Date: Fri, 23 May 1986 05:13

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In article <765@rclex.UUCP> walt@rclex.UUCP (Walter L. Weber) writes:
>In the May 1986 issue of ST Applications (new magazine) there is
>an advertisement for a company who is doing hardware upgrades of
>SS drives to double sided.  They advertisement reads
>    "Send your SF354 disk drive unit (No power supplies please)
>     with $120 plus shipping & handling to....."
>
>The company is called "Komputer Korral" in Portales, NM.
>
>Does anyone have any experience with this company, or with upgrading
>their drives to double-sided?
>
>Walt Weber                UUCP:  {harvard,ll-xn}!rclex!walt


I don't know about the company, but this sounds like a reasonable deal.
You can upgrade the unit youself, by replacing the actual floppy drive
with an Epson SMD-180 drive.  You would would have to pay around $100
for the drive, and it would only take a few minutes to switch the drive
and bezel.

The Korral could make a nice profit, since they can buy the drives at
wholesale prices, and resell the old single sided drive to a repair
shop.  Now why didn't I think of that?
--
George Robbins - now working with,      uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing      arpa: cbmvax!grr@seismo.css.GOV
Commodore, Engineering Department       fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)

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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: Convert 1/2Mb to 1Mb disk drives??
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Date: Fri, 23-May-86 01:13:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 23 01:13:11 1986
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