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[Fairlight-CMI] Re: IIx floppy drive

2003-11-09 by Malte Rogacki

[Floppy Drive problems]

> Any other ideas?

Yes. Try to find a university or a big computing center or something like
that. Sometimes they have this kind of stuff still around somewhere or are
about to put it into the junk. I got two floppy drives from the local
university for about 10$ a couple of years ago (used them to repair another
Fairlight). I also got floppy discs from a computing center for very little
money.

Apart from that there's a big register in the US available at newsstands; I
believe it's called "Computer Shopper" ot something like that (I've
forgotten the name, sorry). Maybe that one lists more suppliers. The last
time I checked there were suppliers listed for the most exotic hardware
like the old Xerox computers, Kaypro computers and so on.

-- 
Malte Rogacki gacki@gacki.sax.de
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