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- From: sstaton@micrografx.com
- Subject: Re: Defective 2.88 Drive. Cheaper than $400?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.201254.3299@micrografx.com>
- Organization: Micrografx, Inc.
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 92 20:12:54 GMT
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- Marcos Javier Polanco (shiva@vega.Stanford.EDU) wrote:
- :
- : I do not know how many of you folks have had this problem, but my floppy
- : drive is misaligned. It reads and writes its own disks fine, but disks
- : elsewhere formatted are rejected. Also, it formats DOS disks to only
- : 500Kb. The friendly people at the local Computer Attic claim a repair
- : would be $400. Is there any way around this?
- :
- : -Marcos J. Polanco
- : -shiva@vega.stanford.edu
- : -415-691-2255
-
- It sure sounds like the dealer is trying to `repair' your drive by making you
- buy a new mechanism at full retail price. The Sony drives found in most SCSI
- floppy drives are around $200 at discount shops (if you can find the part) so
- shop around your area for a better deal.
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