Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hello group.  I am a new member of this group, but not new to the VFX-
SD board.  I finally found one in a pawn shop in my area last 
Saturday and picked it right up.  This board has eluded me for well 
over 10 years and I am very pleased to finally have another one.
The one I got seems to work fine except that the floppy drive is 
bad.  I tested this with my existing VFX disk library, as well as 
trying to format a new disk and nothing worked.
I have searched online and found that the price of the drives is 
anywhere from $65-$125.  Are there any places where it is less 
expensive that I may get one at?  The sequencer is not loaded and the 
same 60 sounds are in both ROM and RAM.  The battery was good and the 
unit calibrates upon bootup without errors.  I am not sure if it had 
the keyboard mod or not, but know how to do it if it needs to be done.
My main focus at this point is the floppy drive.  Can anyone help me 
out?

I have been in love with the VFX ever since I had one in the early 
90's and missed it since (until Saturday when I bought it, for only 
$250 at that...).

I own many other synths as well:

Alesis QS6 (owned since new)
E-Mu PK-6 (owned since new)
Ensoniq SQ2 32 voice (owned since new)
Korg X5 (owned since new)
Roland JV880 (owned since new)
Roland XP-60 (owned since new)
Yamaha DJX (owned since new)
Yamaha TG-33 (bought used)

I love them all, but I have a special place in my heart for Ensoniq.  
It is too bad they kept too many things about the VFX, SD-1, TS 
proprietary, because they were truly ahead of their time.

Any info on the floppy thing or anything else is truly appreciated 
and welcome.

Thank you, 

Harry Ebbeson III
Ebbeson Management Group
www.geocities.com/ebbrecords