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From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: External drive port (was Re: 16Mhz Mac Classic?)
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Date: 10 Dec 90 15:55:05 GMT
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In article <50183@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> feinberg@acsu.buffalo.edu (john a feinberg) writes:
>I have an excellent reason to keep the external drive port:  What if your
>internal drive dies?  Mine did, and I was quoted stuff like $150 to fix it, and
>a turnaround time of a couple of weeks.  So I just bought an external drive.
>It was cheaper than getting the internal drive fixed, and I didn't lose my mac
>for three weeks.

You can do the same thing by buying an internal drive instead-- or buying an
external and removing it from the case.


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