3 Jul
2003
3 Jul
'03
5:14 p.m.
On Thu, 3 Jul 2003 ghldbrd(a)ccp.com wrote:
I sent my drive to a factory authorized tech who
wanted >$150 to repair
the drive, and new drives were about $200 and dropping. I took a wild
guess at the cable broken from the multiple head travels, and ordered one
($30~) from Grapevine in NY. I replaced the head, did a quick alignment
and it is still working to this day, 25 years later. I bought a second
^^^^^^^^
That can't be right. The Commodore 64 is only 20 years old this year.
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