Tandy CGP-115 was Re: Commodore Ramblings

This is going to be a YMMV story, but at one time I had almost exclsuively Tandy (Radio Shack) computers (Model 1 + EI + 1 drive, CoCo 2, Model 3, and I even had a CoCo3 shipped to me from the States) simply because of the ease of getting parts and manuals for them. AFAIK the service manual for any Tandy computer or peripheral was available to anybody who would buy it. I certainly never had problems ordering them either from the UK National Parts Centre (going through the local Tandy store) or from National Parts in the States. Ditto spare parts. I would just walk into the local Tandy store with the manual, point to the part in the list, they'd note down the part number and description and it would arrive in either a week (if it was in stock in the UK) or a lot longer (:-() if it had to be ordered from the States. Maybe I went to particularly helpful stores, but I never had to 'have it checked' by a Tandy technician. Getting back to the subject, I never ordered the CGP115 manual, alas. The Commodore 1520 manual contains the mechanism exploded views (and a schematic and not much else...) with part numbers, but as I said, the gear in question wasn't listed as a separate part. And since the CGP115 is now over 14 years old (I got mine when I was in the equivalent of high school...), I doubt very much if Tandy still keep parts for them. -tony