Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!micor!latour!atronx!rwm
From: rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Internal Drive Button
Message-ID: <58406.665000064@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca>
Date: Sun Jan 27 12:14:24 1991
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
In-Reply-To: milamber@caen.engin.umich.edu (Daryl Scott Cantrell)

In a message posted on 25 Jan 91 18:39:25 GMT,
milamber@caen.engin.umich.edu (Daryl Scott Cantrell) wrote:
DSC>  I'm having a similar problem with a part Commodore DID supply.  I broke the
DSC>left audio jack on my 3000 (amazing how much leverage you get on it when you

A part you can get at a lot of electronics stores - It's not an 'a3000' specific
part.

DSC>initially wanted me to replace my motherboard (mega-bucks).  All for a $.05 piece

Since there is no way you could have owned your Amiga for more than a year I KNOW
your machine was under warranty so this in no way could have cost you any money.

DSC>of molded plasic made in a Korean sweat shop!  Eventually he talked Commodore
DSC>(which refused to sell him an audio jack) into doing a warranty motherboard-
DSC>swap.  I don't have a problem with this since I'm not paying for it, but I

Talked Into ;-)  Ya, right.  It's his JOB as authorized service center to preform
these warranty repairs.  And doing a swap is not something that you have to 
'confince' Commodore to do as it's part of their standard warranty service.
  (Actually, until all the Service manuals/etc are ready, it's about the only
option dealers have for some of the more complex repairs (Which your
example is not ;-)  )

:Later

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