Large Super Famicom Lot with Bomberman Multi Tap & Doctor SF disk drive

[Shaqattackyou]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270634417516

Hey whats this disk drive thing about? is it legit?

[ericj]

It's a backup device/copier. You can use it to play roms through 3.5" floppies. Old-school SNES PowerPak, if you will, but more cumbersome.

[Shaqattackyou]

Thanks for the info...cumbersome eh...i think it would be pretty cool, wonder how many games can fit on a disk. where can i buy some now heeh.

[MS-DOS4]

Thanks for the info...cumbersome eh...i think it would be pretty cool, wonder how many games can fit on a disk. where can i buy some now heeh.

Well, your average 3.5" holds exactly 1.44 MB so you're looking at only 1 game per disk, and since a lot of games are over the 1 MB mark you don't have many games to choose from. Perhaps it uses a special compressed format to fit those larger games on the disk?

[133MHz]

Or simply spanning a large game on several floppies. That brings me back memories of constant swapping of disks when 3.5" floppies were mainstream.

[ericj]

The Tototek.com forum has loads of info about copiers, plus a whole crowd of knowledgeable folks if you want to explore it more in depth.

[MS-DOS4]

Or simply spanning a large game on several floppies. That brings me back memories of constant swapping of disks when 3.5" floppies were mainstream.

Sounds like a real ass pain....  Luckily I was spared that horror. 

[Shaqattackyou]

I found someones collection pretty legit, the disc have their own labels...pretty cool. I wouldn't mind getting one now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ws5LWXdcidc