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Subject: Re: Commodore 1581 Drive
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From: marshall@cs.arizona.edu (Ron D. Marshall)
Date: 13 Apr 91 20:36:52 GMT
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Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson
Summary: Toy's `r' us problems
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I bought a 1581 from Toys `r' Us.  Drive mechanism was busted.  So I returned
it for another one which was also busted.  The way the stock room was handling
them (I could see through a window when I got the second one) its no wonder.
They didn't seem to realize a disk drive is more delicate than a basketball.

So, I drove 45 minutes out of my way to the only Commodore dealer left in the
state of Arizona who sells C-64 stuff and got a working 1581.  I love it.

Moral:  don't trust a toy store with a real toy.

--Ron.