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- From: gene_heskett@wvlink.mpl.com (Gene Heskett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: A1200 problems
- Date: 07 Mar 96 09:07:22 +0500
- Organization: MountainNet, Inc. Morgantown WV 800.444.1458
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- Sounds like the floppy is either shot, or needs a good cleaning,
- probably of the leadscrew that drives the head back and forth. Make
- it sanitary and regrease with chassis grease. The threads on it tend
- to become clogged with dirt, and the head no longer hits the middle
- of the track, hence the errors.
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- BTW, sounds like you got a heck of a deal!
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- [snip]
- M&MW> I recently got an A1200 (& A500) for $100. The A1200 has
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