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.
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P/N
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Description
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PC
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QL
|
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ED-BR1
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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
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28.00
|
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ED-BR1-MLX
|
Single Bare
ED drive with standard Power Connector (No Cable)
|
29.99
|
29.99
|
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ED-CAS
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Single Boxed
ED Drive (External PSU required 5VDC 950 mA)
(With Cable to Super Gold Card/Gold Card)
|
-
|
89.00
|
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ED-DCAS
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Dual Boxed ED
drives (External PSU required 5VDC 950 mA) (With
Cable to Super Gold Card/Gold Card)
|
-
|
110.00
|
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PSU1
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US/CAN 110/120VAC@60Hz
Power Supply for above kits
|
-
|
7.00
|
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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
|
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ED-CBL2D
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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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