Personal perspectives that may or may not apply to all
Matt Barton wrote:
I don't think I ever had a 1541 that lasted more than 2-3 years of regular use.
It's funny how that varies. I *still* have my original 1541 and it works perfectly after thousands of hours of use, including using it for some questionable things like "drive music".
These days of course, there are many solid state solutions for a variety of platforms that pretty much give you the best of both worlds in regards to the old emulation versus authentic debate. You still get to use the original console or computer, but you can copy ROMs and images to flash cards or other things and use that like a disk/tape drive/cartridge port. I know I always make a point of getting those for a particular platform when I can.
Vintage Games book!
Xbox 360: billlog | Wii: 1345 2773 2048 1586 | PS3: ArmchairArcade Bill Loguidice, Managing Director | Armchair Arcade, Inc.
I don't think I ever had a 1541 that lasted more than 2-3 years of regular use.
It's funny how that varies. I *still* have my original 1541 and it works perfectly after thousands of hours of use, including using it for some questionable things like "drive music".
These days of course, there are many solid state solutions for a variety of platforms that pretty much give you the best of both worlds in regards to the old emulation versus authentic debate. You still get to use the original console or computer, but you can copy ROMs and images to flash cards or other things and use that like a disk/tape drive/cartridge port. I know I always make a point of getting those for a particular platform when I can.
Vintage Games book!
Xbox 360: billlog | Wii: 1345 2773 2048 1586 | PS3: ArmchairArcade
Bill Loguidice, Managing Director | Armchair Arcade, Inc.