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From: kodali@portia.Stanford.EDU (VAS KODALI)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Sider slider
Summary: Just replace the guts, Jim...
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Date: 24 Jul 89 21:23:44 GMT
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Sender: VAS KODALI <kodali@Portia.stanford.edu>
Reply-To: kodali@Portia.Stanford.EDU (Chan Wilson)
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Well, it turned out that something was wrong with the hard drive itself-
I couldn't get it to format once I powered it up again - it insisted on
giving me a NON MEDIA ERROR 84 or 94, depending upon it's mood.  So I 
tore the little sucker apart (great way to take fustrations out :) and
noticed that the drive was made by Tandon, model number 502.  I journeyed
down to the local computer surplus shop, and found a replacement.  It was
on a pallet with a number of other Tandon drives, all marked "As is"  But,
for $17, why not?  

I took it home, plugged it in, formatted, verified, and boot tracked it.  No
problemo.

So, for $17, I have a working hard drive.  It runs quieter, also.
(Now, will a Tandon 603 fit in there? it's supposed to be 20 Meg...  Hmm..)

Hope this helps anyone with a dead Sider (or Datamac)

--Chan

kodali@portia.stanford.edu