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From: gert@nikhefh.hep.nl (Gert Poletiek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: IMPORTANT: ATARI HAS BEEN SELLING BROKEN ST'S!!! PLEASE READ}i!
Message-ID: <437@nikhefh.hep.nl>
Date: 2 Mar 88 09:00:12 GMT
References: <8803011908.AA29447@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: gert@nikhefh.hep.nl (Gert Poletiek)
Organization: Nikhef-H, Amsterdam (the Netherlands).
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In article <8803011908.AA29447@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> K538915@CZHRZU1A.BITNET writes:
>THIS IS NOT A RUMOUR!
>
>It has been brought to my attention that Atari has been manufacturing
>ST's with a most serious flaw over the last few months (time span is not
>exactlly known). The problem is that some of the drives (Chinon) do not
>reckonize a change is the write protect status properly (or at least
>do not generate the required signal correctly). This means naturally
[...]
>PS: Atari Switzerland was trying to cover this up: Bad luck boys!

This is TRUE, Atari Benelux (Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg) has loads of
replacement drives in stock. If you're dealer sold you an ST in the last
couple of weeks you can get a free replacement. However, the dealer has to
replace the drive himself.


Gert Poletiek

NIKHEF-H, Dutch National Institute for Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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