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From: dbk@fbog.UUCP (Dave B. Kinzer @ Price Rd. GEG)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: drive
Summary: My dealer recommends...
Keywords: disk, drive
Message-ID: <1312@fbog.UUCP>
Date: 15 Oct 88 02:57:27 GMT
References: <3526@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: dbk@fbog.UUCP (Dave B. Kinzer @ Price Rd. SPS)
Distribution: na
Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Az.
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In article <3526@crash.cts.com> stuff@crash.cts.com (David Yip) writes:
>I've had an amiga 500 for 11 weeks now.  The last 7 of which it's been in
>the shop for drive problems.  Ever week or so, it comes back supposedly
>fixed.  Ever week or so, I take it back to get it fixed.  Now the dealer
>I bought it from tells me I need a new drive, but they won't cover it
>under the warranty.  No way am I going to buy another garbage drive from
>Commodore for $170.00.  Has anyone replaced their internal drive with a
>generic 3 1/4 inch drive from say Toshiba or Sony?  Or is there something
>special about the drive Commodore uses?
>
>David Yip
>stuff@crash.cts.com
>yipd@sds.sdsc.edu

Upon specific recommendation of my dealer, I had the original drive in
my brand new 2000 changed to a Prodrive even before it left the store.
I have subsequently added another drive (drive 0 on left :-) and have
had 0 problems with either.  I think that the actual drive itself is
made by NEC.  Of course, some people on the net do not like their
drive lights to be GREEN, but I would not like to start that flame war
up again.  

The dealer services Amigas and said that the drive uses such exotic
materials as metal where the original drive uses the more comventional
plastic.  I was also told that there were fewer returns (if any, I
cannot remember all the details).

I do not know if the drive can be used internally in a 500 but I would
sure check it out.  I am happy with mine.


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