tasayco@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Maria Tasayco) (09/10/90)
First many thanks to all those who replied to my question about the dead monitor! I finally brought it to an Atari dealer in Long Island (Island Computer) because I was around at that time (two weeks ago) and asked them to take a look at it. They did more (without asking my approval!): they replaced two capacitors (I don't remember which ones) because they were going to fail or something (I know they hadn't blown up because I smelled nothing when I opened the case). That costed me $64 and change (mostly labour, I guess). I probably should have looked into the Atari replacement policy ... Anyhow, when I came back my monitor was fine but I found another problem: my hard disk (SH204, 20Mb) has what I suspect is a blown fuse. I have no idea how that happened. When my monitor went bad I couldn't park the heads in the hard disk but that shouldn't have affected the electrical stuff inside (I guess). And I boxed everything right away and stored them in a (somewhat damp) garage for a week. And when I reconnected everything I found the blown fuse (I am not sure whether it was blown before reconnecting or was something that I did, but I certainly didn't hear any popping sound ...). Has anybody had to change a fuse in one of those boxes? I would appreciate any help! I also have some more questions, like: what is the (if any) 800-number of Atari? Does anybody know of an Atari dealer in the Princeton area, or in New Jersey for that matter? I tried calling a number in the back of a December '89 Atari Explorer but it has been disconnected. As always, thank you very much in advance! I hope I can contribute something more than problems to the net! Francisco Figueirido e-mail: tasayco@phoenix.princeton.edu or figuei@max.physics.sunysb.edu
mg20+@andrew.cmu.edu (Michael Paul Greelish) (09/12/90)
Atari hasn't had an 800 number in years, the bean-counters who run the
place decided they weren't cost-effective. They do have a toll (heavy
toll from New Jersey, where I used to live too) number, but I can't
remember what it is. Try calling California information --- area code
for CA+ 555-1212. I think it's also in some of the ST documentation.
|\/|ike Greelish
Once I lived in New Jersey but now I'm trapped in Pittsburgh at
Carnegie Mellon U.ekrimen@csuchico.edu (Ed Krimen) (09/12/90)
- I also have some more questions, like: what is the (if any) - 800-number of Atari? They don't have one. :^( Their number is 408-745-2000.