Tuxon86 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Hi, Just bought the last pieces, the FDC and cable from Arcadeshopper. MY Dream TI setup is nearly complete. I’m looking for some expansion cards to fill my upcoming Ti-99/4a Peripheral Expansion Box. I need the following: 32k ram card (done) - Just ordered a Sams card from Arcadeshopper RS232/Parallel card (done) - Old CS1 had one available Floppy Controller (one that can support DS/DD would be a plus or one that can be easily modified for it) One or two floppy drive that can work in the PEB What I’ve for trade or sale, if you don’t have anything that I’m looking for: Atari 65XE with VBXE and U1MB installed by Flashjazzcat. $200Cdn 2x Atari 1050 with Happy (one for sure, the other I’ll check) $65Cdn each 1x Kryoflux with compatible floppy fitted in an Atari 1050 case. (Check my thread about my adventure in archiving software) $100 - Sold to Old CS1 1x Zoomfloppy and Commodore 1571 combo. $100 - Sold to Old CS1 1x Side3 and Fujinet Combo. $100 - SOLD TO Monzamess 1x Amiga 500 (European) no PSU and broken latch on the ram exp. trapdoor. $100 Trade is restricted to established members and is based on similar value of the parts being traded, but the stuff for sale is open to all. you must be willing to ship to Canada. In case of trade I’llpay shipping both way to sweeten the deal. Of course all parts must be functional. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 The KryoFlux and Zoomfloppy combos interest me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 I corrected my mistake (1571 not 1570). Pics will be posted later today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisB Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Are you looking for only 5 1/4 floppy drives "original" to TI / PEB? e.g. PHP-1250 (MPI Model 51) IMHO Floppy Controllers that support DS/DD are quite rare and will require like drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 1 hour ago, LouisB said: Are you looking for only 5 1/4 floppy drives "original" to TI / PEB? e.g. PHP-1250 (MPI Model 51) IMHO Floppy Controllers that support DS/DD are quite rare and will require like drives. I'm aiming for a dual floppy system but would make do with a single setup if need be. Is it the ds or dd that is more problematic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisB Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 Can you expand a bit more on "problematic" ... I'm not sure if you mean problematic in terms of rarity as in finding controllers or technically as in what is compatible with what. Stating your specific questions will help us answer 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 19 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: The KryoFlux and Zoomfloppy combos interest me. Pm sent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted October 27, 2022 Author Share Posted October 27, 2022 9 hours ago, LouisB said: Can you expand a bit more on "problematic" ... I'm not sure if you mean problematic in terms of rarity as in finding controllers or technically as in what is compatible with what. Stating your specific questions will help us answer 🙂 Oh I misunderstood. Sorry about that. As I said my goal is to have a dual drive system, but as you may have guessed, I’m not all that knowledgeable when it comes to the 99/4a. I guess I’m looking for suggestion of controllers and half height drives I can use in my PEB. I’ve read about people using pc 360k (hence the references to ds/dd) but I don’t know if it was with the stock Ti controller, a 3rd party one or else. Any suggestion is welcomed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouisB Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) You can absolutely use 360k drives with the stock Ti controller, and as the stock controller is only capable of SD then that's what you'll get. 3rd party controllers were capable of more but I can't speak from experience as I've never owned one. There is a modification which allows you to read & write 80 track SD disks, but it's more of a novelty. Check this thread: p.s. getting ahead of ourselves here, but if you want to create floppies to test with, run TI99-PC 3.2.1 on a winxp machine with a 360k drive attached. Edited October 28, 2022 by LouisB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 54 minutes ago, LouisB said: You can absolutely use 360k drives with the stock Ti controller, and as the stock controller is only capable of SD then that's what you'll get. 3rd party controllers were capable of more but I can't speak from experience as I've never owned one. There is a modification which allows you to read & write 80 track SD disks, but it's more of a novelty. Check this thread: p.s. getting ahead of ourselves here, but if you want to create floppies to test with, run TI99-PC 3.2.1 on a winxp machine with a 360k drive attached. Thanks! That's great information. I'll source a couple of 360k floppy drives then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tuxon86 Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share Posted October 28, 2022 Just ordered a Sams memory card so I don't need any 32k expansion now. This leaves the rs-232 and the FC and floppy drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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