Overview
 For the first time in many years Sinclair QL owners have the ability to use
3 1/2" ED Drives with their Super Gold and Gold Cards. If you are
looking for a Super Gold Card, then try our Second
Hand page.
The drives are BRAND
NEW, high quality Mitsubishi-made / IBM-badged units converted for use
with standard PCs and your QLs.
They come as either bare
drives to be fitted by you or boxed external units with their own
power supply (or use your own)
Compatibility
- IBM PS/21
- PC & Compatibles2
- QL3
Formats Supported
- 720 Kbytes (1440
Sectors)4
- 1.44 Mbytes (2880
Sectors)
- 2.88 Mbytes (PC Only)
- 3.2 Mbytes (6400
Sectors - Sinclair QL Only)5
Colours
Faceplate available only
in black. External enclosure in various colours. Please ask for details
Prices (all in UK £ sterling) - exclude
post and packing.
|
P/N
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Description
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PC
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QL
|
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ED-BR1
|
Single Bare
ED drive. No Power Connector (Can be used as is on a PS/2 or any
machine with a power adaptor/data cable
|
28.00
|
28.00
|
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ED-BR1-MLX
|
Single Bare ED
drive with standard Power Connector (No Cable)
|
29.99
|
29.99
|
|
ED-CAS
|
Single Boxed ED
Drive (External PSU required 5VDC 950 mA) (With Cable to Super Gold
Card/Gold Card)
|
-
|
89.00
|
|
ED-DCAS
|
Dual Boxed ED
drives (External PSU required 5VDC 950 mA) (With Cable to Super Gold
Card/Gold Card)
|
-
|
110.00
|
|
PSU1
|
US/CAN
110/120VAC@60Hz Power Supply for above kits
|
-
|
7.00
|
|
PSU2
|
European 220/240VAC@50Hz
Power
Supply for above kits
|
-
|
7.00
|
Cabling Options
QL and PCs (not PS/2s)
require special cabling and Power options.
The following Cabling
options are available currently:
|
P/N
|
Cable
Description
|
PC
|
QL
|
|
ED-CBL2D
|
2 ED drives. No
Power Connector on Cable
|
3.99
|
3.99
|
|
ED-CBLSED
|
Single ED drive
only. No Power Connector on Cable
|
2.99
|
2.99
|
|
ED-CBLDS12DD
|
Single ED Drive as
second drive(Needs standard PC/QL floppy drive cable). No Power
Connector on Cable
|
3.99
|
3.99
|
|
ED-CBLDS02DD
|
Single ED drive as
first drive on dual drive system (Cable has one regular 1.44 Mb FDD
connector). No Power Connector on Cable
|
3.99
|
3.99
|
|
ED-CBLPWR
|
Power Connector on
Cable Option
|
1.00
|
1.00
|
|
ED-CBL720SW
|
720 Kb Enable
Switch for QL operation
|
2.00
|
2.00
|
Media
|
P/N
|
Media
Description
|
PRICE
|
|
ED-DSDD10
|
10 pack of 3.5"
DSDD Blank Disks (720KB)
|
7.50
|
| ED-DSDD50 |
50 pack of 3.5"
DSDD Blank Disks (720KB)
|
30.00 |
|
ED-DSED10
|
10 pack of 3.5"
DSED Blank Disks (3.2MB on QL 2.88MB on PC)
|
10.00
|
| ED-DSED50 |
50 pack of 3.5"
DSED Blank Disks (3.2MB on QL 2.88MB on PC)
|
40.00 |
| ED-DS3DD10
|
10 pack of 3" Blank
Disks |
9.00 |
Terms
NOTE: ED Disk Drives are currently out
of stock
All Prices Exclude Postage and Packing - Please contact us for details
before ordering.
All drives include an unconditional 6 month replacement or6
money back warranty in case of failure (Twice as much as the business
average for aftermarket components!).
Please allow 28 days for testing and delivery.
How to Pay
Notes
1. Compatible machines
include the PC 700, PS/1 Aptivas 2xxx series and above and standard
PS/2 models. PS/2 models come with PS/2 Slide in locking base
2. The drives will work with most PCs
even if they don't include 2.88Mb controllers. In some instances, it
was possible to format 2.88 Mb Diskettes without a special controller
present
3. QL compatible machines are all
Gold/Super Gold Card equipped QLs, the Q40 (1.44 Mb only) and Standard
3 1/2" compatible controllers (only using 720K QL5A format)
4. 720 Kbyte format needs installation
of switch on either the cable or the drive. The standard FLP_JIGGLE 1
command is not needed for Sinclair QLs.
5. 3.2 Mbytes format not possible on
PCs (even when equipped with QPC/Q-emuLator). M-Tools and QL-Tools
compatibility not yet tested.
6. Warranty enforcement method subject
to availability. (If no more drives are available you will get your
money back!)
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