The website is showing out of stock for me, so the last few must have been 
snapped up. I left a message on the website’s contact form.

Does anyone know if they get new stock on a regular basis, or is it released on 
demand?

> On Jan 28, 2022, at 10:28 AM, Ben Wiley Sittler <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> Yeah I bought some in the last few months and they work great. In conjunction 
> with REX# or REXCPM it is really perfect - especially REXCPM as you can fully 
> bootstrap and restore the device even when your M100 battery previously ran 
> dry, provided you backed up full memory images to the backpack drive first. 
> The backpack drive fills the same role with REXCPM that onboard flash fills 
> with REX# in this case
> 
> Only thing you might need to do is substitute flat-headed screws if you're 
> plugging one into something like KC-85 or PC-8300 where the RS-232 connector 
> has projecting mounting hardware for securing a cable, but flat-headed screws 
> are very cheap
> 
> Be aware that the provided bootstrap and TPDD client don't yet work on some 
> of the less-common models (M10, for instance, unless you replaced the ROM 
> with the T102-derived one) but regular TELCOM downloads are still fine there. 
> Adding support for more models is likely "just a matter of software" too, 
> since the first-stage bootstrap is just a BASIC program you can edit or 
> replace very easily
> 
> All in all: this device makes the machine far more usable and doesn't even 
> "dangle". Also Jeff Birt/soigeneris customer support is excellent, questions 
> were answered and a single minor issue were resolved quickly and with a true 
> minimum of hassle
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Jan 28, 2022, 09:53 Joshua O'Keefe <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> On Jan 28, 2022, at 9:20 AM, ~Art <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Are these still available?  Who would I contact?
>> 
>> Hi Art!  I got mine from:
>>   https://www.soigeneris.com/tandy-tpdd-2-backpack-drive
>> 
>> Looks like he still has a few on hand, too!

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