8 Mar
2001
8 Mar
'01
11:06 a.m.
Well, if anyone wants to pay the shipping and packaging costs and
needs/wants a model 80, I just acquired five of them. I haven't plugged any
of them in yet, but since they came from a travel agency that upgraded their
computers, I would assume they work but they are easy enough to check out. A
superficial look didn't show any damage to the case :).
Chad Fernandez wrote:
I swapped the metal handle from the "parts machine" 60 to my 80, so now
my 80 has a metal handle instead of the composite handle it originally
came with.
My 80s case was slightly broken, but I fixed it. One of the mounting
locations for the power supply was broken. I used JB Weld to re-attach
it.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Lawrence Walker wrote:
>
> Oops again. I'm embarassed. Never take it for granted that you
> know your own equipment. After numerous years of banging my
> knee on my PS/2 8580, Chad's msg. piqued me enough to actually
> take off the side (and clean it at the same time). Sure enough it is
> some sort of composite material, altho it must be close to the
> weight of sheet metal. Ditto for the 8560. And of course the PCjr.
> Betrayed by IBM ;^ ( . And My spare 80 even has a crack in it's
> side panel to prove it. Treachorous corporations !! Take that. Ouch.
> The damn handle is indeed steel.
>
> larry