| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
I have a friend who has a 500 system and the internal drive is
faulty. Do any of you guys out there know if the IBM compatable 720K
drive is usable as a replacement (modifications??) or does the Ami use
specific drives.
Any idea of the price of a replacement drive? I am in Australia and
the price quoted by one repairer was A$325...
thanks
Geoff
p.s. the fault with the drive is it won't spin up.. give the motor a nudge
at the appropriate time and it works ok..
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| 2914.1 | How much is that in German marks? :-) | FRAMBO::BALZER | Christian Balzer DTN:785-1029 | Wed Sep 13 1989 06:22 | 10 |
I have no idea what A$345 is worth in "real" currency, ;-) ;-) ;-)
but anything more than US$ 150-200 would be robbery. Try to get
the original drive somewhere else. Other drives might work, depending
on their physical layout (eject button) and their support of the
diskpresent signal...
Regards,
<CB>
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| 2914.2 | check for small spring | LINCON::MGAINES | Thu Sep 14 1989 11:18 | 6 | |
Hi, I had a spin up problem as well. The problem turned out to be
a small tension spring was jammed under the platter. Check it out,
maybe he has the same problem. You will need a flashlight and a
small pair of needle nose pliers.
M. Gaines
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