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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 298 |
Question about CMD FD-2000 replica
Can anyone shed a bit more light about those drives: http://www.ebay.com/itm/REAR-ADMIRAL-FIREDRIVE-2K-CMD-FD-2000-R..
The sellers seems to be selling a number of other replicas as well. |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2924 |
Better place to ask these questions is Lemon |
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Count Zero
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 1920 |
Challenging price - should sell my FD2000 real thing somewhen :)
Got an archive somewhere with manuals, roms, stuff afair ... whenever thats really "just" a clone it should work basically with vice ... hm. Soci? |
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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 298 |
Quote: Better place to ask these questions is Lemon
true, but I value real coders opinion more than users ;) |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2924 |
Quoting Count ZeroChallenging price - should sell my FD2000 real thing somewhen :)
Sold my FD2000 last summer for ~$300 |
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AlexC
Registered: Jan 2008
Posts: 298 |
Looking at how prices are increasing I would suggest not selling any of the original and rare hardware unless you have to as it seems it may be quite a good investment unless the retro fashion dies. I never had FD2000 so I'd like to ask is it really so superior to 1581, especially when working with C128? |
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Count Zero
Registered: Jan 2003
Posts: 1920 |
Though I owned a c128 back then I never used the c128 or any specials of it apart from maybe 2mhz pack/depack support.
Also the attached FD2000 about never was used with anything else than 1581 DD disks. So - nice to have - nothing major over a 1581 with JD ROM. |
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Moloch
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 2924 |
The two advantages over the 1581 for me
- my 1581s would randomly eat disks and that wasn't an issue with the FD2000
- not limited to DD disks, the FD2000 can use HD disks also |
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soci
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 479 |
Not sure what the question was. If they've replicated the hardware then the ROM dump should work in VICE with the FD-2000 emulation.
But I would not be surprised if it would turn out that the ROM is a copy as well... |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
indeed. that admiral decker guy has a history of making plain 1:1 replicas, including the ROMs. |
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ThunderBlade
Registered: Jan 2002
Posts: 77 |
Quote: Looking at how prices are increasing I would suggest not selling any of the original and rare hardware unless you have to as it seems it may be quite a good investment unless the retro fashion dies. I never had FD2000 so I'd like to ask is it really so superior to 1581, especially when working with C128?
The big advantage of the FD-2000 over the 1581 was the SWAP button: You could change its device # from 9 (or 10) to 8 on the fly - without turning off the 1541 @ 8! For me back in 1992 it was great. Without a SWAP button you cannot load/save data from most C64 programs because they mostly only support device #8. E.g. in a notemaker I just put my music disk (6336 blocks) in the FD, press SWAP and load a music - into any notemaker.
Nowadays I miss a SWAP button in the 1541U. :)
Btw. ages ago I created a website explaining the advantages of the FD over the 81, because folks - just like many here - were not aware of the advantages (e.g. real subdir support...). It's no longer relevant today but seems still to be online. http://www.cmdweb.de |
