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From: ssheng@hanra.berkeley.edu (Sam Sheng)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: MacPlus 800k internal drives
Summary: Problems with above?
Keywords: macplus, internal drive
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Date: 9 Aug 90 22:46:47 GMT
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Well, probably someone can solve an annoying problem that I've lived with
for a while:

The 800k internal drive in my MacPlus failed twice a while ago, and both times
it cost me quite a bit to get it replaced. After it failed again, I just
gave up and bought an external drive.  According to somebody I asked, there
is/was a known problem with early macplus drives, in which the R/W head fails.

Does anybody know how to fix the drive, so I don't have to shell out another
$200?  I'm not afraid of opening the damn thing up, but in my line of EE
I rarely need to repair disk drives..... =)


Thanks in advance!
Sam Sheng
(ssheng@zion.berkeley.edu)