Fooling with floppy drives

From: SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com <(SUPRDAVE_at_aol.com)>
Date: Thu Apr 8 10:05:02 1999

In a message dated 08/04/99 10:22:43 Eastern Daylight Time, edick_at_idcomm.com
writes:

<< Since new floppy drives cost about $25 including shipment, it's difficult
to
 justify repairing them. This is frustrating for people like you who have
 drives for which replacements are not readily available for $20 or so.
 
 Your experience with sloppy workmanship gives clear indication that $10 per
 hour is not enough to pay a competent technician. The occasional look
 inside should give you good indication of why one who can't spend more than
 15 minutes' time fixing a $20 drive, can't get the job done. These devices
 must be considered "throw-away" items by now. You've got to learn to
 fix-em-yourself. >>

agreed, but i'd only apply this throw away mindset to ordinary pc floppy
drives. mac suprdrives are hard to find and expensive. i've one now in my mac
IIx that's not reading any disks. apple drives are plentiful and cheap, but
i'd fix them as well since none are produced anymore, obviously.
Received on Thu Apr 08 1999 - 10:05:02 BST