AXDRW%ALASKA.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Don R. Withey) (06/19/89)
Help!! I need to find two internal Amiga 1000 floppy drives. Our users
group has a A1000 in the repair shop for more than a year. One of the
problems in getting it fixed is availability of internal A1000 drives.
If you have ANY information about how I can get my hands on a new or
rebuilt drive PLEASE send me email or post if it bounces.
Thanx in advance
Don
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-------------------------------------------------------------mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) (06/21/89)
> Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.sys.amiga: 19-Jun-89 Internal A1000 floppy > drives Don R. Withey@cunyvm.cun (735) > Help!! I need to find two internal Amiga 1000 floppy drives. Our users > group has a A1000 in the repair shop for more than a year. One of the > problems in getting it fixed is availability of internal A1000 drives. > If you have ANY information about how I can get my hands on a new or > rebuilt drive PLEASE send me email or post if it bounces. Do what I did the last time my internal drive died -- get your hands on an A1000 external drive (the A1010, I think), rip the drive unit out of it, and stick it in the 1000. Works great. -- Michael Portuesi * Carnegie Mellon University INTERNET: mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu * BITNET: mp1u+@andrew UUCP: ...harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!mp1u+ MAIL: Carnegie Mellon University, P.O. Box 259, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
agollum@engr.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) (06/23/89)
> Help!! I need to find two internal Amiga 1000 floppy drives. Our users > group has a A1000 in the repair shop for more than a year. One of the > problems in getting it fixed is availability of internal A1000 drives. > If you have ANY information about how I can get my hands on a new or > rebuilt drive PLEASE send me email or post if it bounces. Computer Discount carries them; here's an excerpt from their latest catalog: Amiga 1000 internal replacement drive item 20092 reg. $199.95 now $145.00 Amiga 2000 replacement mouse item 8766 reg. $75.00 now $69.98 Amiga 1000/500 replacement mouse item 8767 reg. $75.00 now $69.98 Their telephone order line is (303) 825-0419. Disclaimer: I have no connection with Computer Discount; I have no idea how I even got on their mailing list. Kenneth Herron
tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (Tom Bruhns) (06/23/89)
mp1u+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi) writes: >> Excerpts from ext.nn.comp.sys.amiga: 19-Jun-89 Internal A1000 floppy >> drives Don R. Withey@cunyvm.cun (735) > >> Help!! I need to find two internal Amiga 1000 floppy drives. Our users >> group has a A1000 in the repair shop for more than a year. One of the >> problems in getting it fixed is availability of internal A1000 drives. >> If you have ANY information about how I can get my hands on a new or >> rebuilt drive PLEASE send me email or post if it bounces. > > >Do what I did the last time my internal drive died -- get your hands on >an A1000 external drive (the A1010, I think), rip the drive unit out of >it, and stick it in the 1000. Works great. > Aren't these fairly standard drives? Can't you just put in any of a number of (300rpm, "720K") drives? I tried this once on my A1000 to test a drive; didn't do it long enough to really know if it always works, but it sure seemed to. The one I was testing was a Sony that started as a 600rpm drive, and I was converting it.
barrett@ektools.UUCP (Chris Barrett) (06/26/89)
In article <2920@ukecc.engr.uky.edu> agollum@engr.uky.edu (Kenneth Herron) writes: >> Help!! I need to find two internal Amiga 1000 floppy drives. Our users >> group has a A1000 in the repair shop for more than a year. One of the > Amiga 1000 internal replacement drive > item 20092 reg. $199.95 now $145.00 I have had to have the internal drive on my 1000 replaced twice by an authorized Commodore/Amiga dealer, and paid $125 for both the drive and labor. $145 seems hardly a deal. I suggest that you get your 1000 back and take it to another repair shop. I never had to wait over 5 business days to get my amiga fixed, or any computer that I have for that matter. Chris -- barrett@ektools ( Chris Barrett ) rochester!kodak!ektools!barrett