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- From: Jason <tmr@cosine.demon.co.uk>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Non-working games start working
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 96 21:40:22 GMT
- Organization: Cosine Systems
- Message-ID: <9604102140.AA001cj@cosine.demon.co.uk>
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- sokos mark (msokos1@umbc.edu) wrote:
- : I had a drive that would sometimes work flawlessly, but sometimes
- : (typically with a copy protected game) would not load correctly until it
- : was turned on its side and given a good *wham* (this, of course, being
- : the correct engineering term...).
-
- I have a 1570 that only works when upside down. Does this count?
-
- I phoned C= technical in the UK and asked about a flashing caps-lock light
- on an Amiga 500 they advised holding the machine 4 inches about the ground
- and dropping the bugger!
-
- Jason =-)
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