FW: Someone help this fellow?

Can anyone help this fellow out? I've never even heard of a "DEC 1" (unless he means a MicroVAX 1?) Forwarded message follows. Please respond directly to the author. Thanks! -=-=- <snip> -=-=- Xref: xyzzy comp.sys.dec:18347 Path: xyzzy!uunet!not-for-mail From: mrogers(a)capecod.net (mr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: DEC 1 computer (circ. 1982) Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 08:21:08 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: &lt;347a81fe.29676018(a)newshost.capecod.net&gt; NNTP-Posting-Host: ost55.capecod.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Anyone out there ever see one of these beasties? A freind of mine has ask me to resusitate his beloved dinosuar, so here it goes. The problem is a disk errors when he tries to boot. I presume (as I have yet to inspect the machine myself) the trouble to be with either the boot disk drive (8" Shugart floppy drive) or the system disk. The problem could be as simple as a dirty r/w head or a worn felt pad that presses disk against the r/w head or as bad as a fried system disk. Though as a tech I have worked on several machines of this era, I am at a disadvantage in this case seeing that I have never seen a DEC 1 running properly or at all for that matter. So what I'm looking for is: a) Spare parts or a PM kit for a Shugart 8" floppy drive b) Someone who has spare system or boot disk for a DEC 1 that they might be willing to part with c) someone who has a clue or any usefull insight! Thanx for reading.