Hi Bob,
No, they are not making my SCSI drive from scratch, just had to decide what SCSI device to buy or to drop a hard drive in this beastie. I finally decided on the Orb drive which is a removable media/cartidge, kind of like a Jaz, but 2.2 gb and much faster. Unfortunately, almost nobody carries the Orb drive, had to get it off the internet. Not a bad price at $229 and the cartridges are $30-40 at 2.2 gb compared to Zips 100-250 mb. It should be here by the end of the week. I'm going nuts looking at this recorder and not being able to use it. Being in a small town hasn't helped. SCSI equipment doesn't exist within 60 miles. If it works, though, I'll pass the information along this forum. Just in case you or anyone else reading wants to know, Fostex will drop a 4.3 gb (minimum, if not larger) IDE hard drive in the FD-4 for $250 INCLUDING labor. That was tempting, but I wanted to be able to swap drives quickly.
Peace, Jim