Dragonforce-Europe Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 hi, I was wondering if i should get a atari 800xe disk drive. and if it would be usefull for me. since i almost got a datarecorder. Woud it be usefull for development at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Unless you have a lot of real floppies or need to work with floppy disks, you might be better off getting a SIO2PC adapter. That will let you hook your Atari to your PC and use virtual disk drives. If you want to use real floppy disks you cant beat a 1050, they are cheap and usually last a long time without any problems. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonforce-Europe Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 but would i have any use to it? because 20 euros/dollars is alot of money. but if it is really usefull i would like to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Only if you plan on using real floppy disks or have floppy disks you want to share with other people. Otherwise just get a SIO2PC device, you can download your Atari software from the internet then. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonforce-Europe Posted June 28, 2004 Author Share Posted June 28, 2004 is data on a tape better then a floppy? i mean. more capacity? and is it more secured than a floppy? also. are we talking about disks or really old floppys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classics Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Floppy disks are much more reliable than tape. Disk drives are also hundreds of times faster. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nukey Shay Posted June 28, 2004 Share Posted June 28, 2004 Yeah...capacity has little to do with anything, since it would be a chore to log all the start/stop points on a cassette index card for each program on it. But even then, I think that a DD floppy drive would have it beat (not to mention all that time you'd save not waiting around). And with an SIO2PC, you don't even need to worry about floppy disk reliability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandviewCoin Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 look on EBAY, I found alot of new sssd 5 1/4 floppys. I'm currently re-copying all my ol diks onto new one for preservation.. And yes I do knoe about the Sio buisness, but to me it's just not as fun as booting off a real disk. Daniel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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