[Coco] Re: Re: FD-502 floppy

[Steve Ostrom]

Not yet.  I didn't get a bad feeling from using their site.  I'm 
guessing they don't have the inventory they think they have, but we'll see.

-- Steve --


Charlie wrote:

>Steve, have they charged your credit card?  I just checked mine and there 
>has been no charge yet.
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>Charlie
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>"Steve Ostrom" <smostrom at mn.rr.com> wrote in 
>message news:42129881.9070709 at mn.rr.com...
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>>I ordered one of these new disk drives on 10 February, but never did get an 
>>e-mail confirmation as promised on the invoice.  I sent them another e-mail 
>>tonight asking for the status of my order.  If I hear back from them, or 
>>get the drive, I'll let the list know.  They seem legit, but may not have a 
>>good handle on their inventory.  Always the optimist!!  We'll see.
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>>-- Steve --
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>>Mark Marlette wrote:
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>>>Charlie,
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>>>I sent an Email asking some questions about this device and no response
>>>as well.
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>>>Mark
>>>Cloud-9
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>>>Quoting Charlie <chazbeenhad at hotmail.com>:
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>>>>I ordered one over the weekend and have not received an e-mail
>>>>confirming my
>>>>order.
>>>>Has anyone else who ordered the FD-502 from electronics-plus had this
>>>>experience?
>>>>Are they just slow to respond? The web page said I should receive a
>>>>confirmation within 24 hours.
>>>>
>>>>Charlie
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>>>>"Ash" <teamick at cox.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:420B89CA.7040506 at cox.net...
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>>>>>If anyone is interested . electronics-plus.com has brand new Tandy
>>>>>FD-502's for $79.95
>>>>>plus $17.95 shipping and handling . It looks like that includes
>>>>>controller, dual case ,
>>>>>1 - 5 1/4 floppy  and manual according to the box pictured. It
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>>>>doesn't
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>>>>>say anything about cable.  What normaly came with the FD-502 from
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>>>>Tandy
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>>>>>? I ordered one , so I guess I will find out . From what I have
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>>>>read
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>>>>>this was the first drive that supported double sides .
>>>>>Does this mean the drive was a 720K or a 360K and is it supported
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>>>>in
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>>>>>RSDos ? I have also read about the upgrade kit to the 2nd. drive
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>>>>and it
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>>>>>having a fan also because of the heat . Does anyone still sell the
>>>>>upgrade to 2nd. drive kit or know what the part number was , so I
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>>>>can
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>>>>>check around ?
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