Re: OT: need 1.4 internal floppy drive

2001-07-19 Thread Paul Nelson
At 5:45 PM -0700 7/18/01, Virginia Bruce wrote: > >I'm fixing up an old LCII for a friend's daughter (age 7) and once I got >the CPU working (by blowing on stuff and jiggling stuff, I'm no >techy...) I found that the floppy drive is totally dead -- no noise or >vibrations coming from it. I unplugg

Re: OT: need 1.4 internal floppy drive

2001-07-19 Thread William Ahearn
> > Check with http://www.shrevesystems.com or > http://www.timco-computers.com > > I've bought stuff from both of them, they're good > people. Timco has > floppy drives for $18 > WHOA! Head over to the Lowendmac swaplist and get one for $5 or $10. For $18 you could buy an LCII. Go to lowendm

Re: OT: need 1.4 internal floppy drive

2001-07-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
Virginia Bruce wrote: > I'm fixing up an old LCII for a friend's daughter (age 7) and once I got > the CPU working (by blowing on stuff and jiggling stuff, I'm no > techy...) I found that the floppy drive is totally dead -- no noise or > vibrations coming from it. I unplugged it and plugged it ba

OT: need 1.4 internal floppy drive

2001-07-18 Thread Virginia Bruce
I'm fixing up an old LCII for a friend's daughter (age 7) and once I got the CPU working (by blowing on stuff and jiggling stuff, I'm no techy...) I found that the floppy drive is totally dead -- no noise or vibrations coming from it. I unplugged it and plugged it back in, but no luck. Does anyon