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- From: D.S.Walker@bradford.ac.uk (Simeon Walker)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Re: Help My Disc Drive is dying!!
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.130730.9356@bradford.ac.uk>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 13:07:30 GMT
- References: <5815@m1.cs.man.ac.uk>
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- In article <5815@m1.cs.man.ac.uk> sks@fiveg.icl.co.uk (Steve Smith) writes:
- >I keep getting Disc Error 08 on my old A310 floppy drive.
- >I think the top head is worn out.
- >I've tried cleaning the heads with I.P.Alcohol but it doesn't help.
- >Anyone know where I can get a new drive?? Cheap? Repair? Second hand?
- >Preferably one that fits in the A310?
- >
- I went to a computer fair a couple of weeks ago, it's one that travels
- around the country, I think it advertises in Micro Mart.
-
- There was at least one stall there which was selling 720k 3.5" drives
- for just 9 pounds. I guess nobody wants them anymore, for PC's anyway.
- You should have no problem replacing the one in your Arc.
-
- >ta
- >SteeveS
-
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- Sim. ----------------------------------------------------------- Simeon Walker,
- ----------------------------------------- Department of Electrical Engineering,
- D.S.Walker@bradford.ac.uk -------------------- University of Bradford, England.
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