I have had good luck cleaning the heads on these, depending on how it
died of course.  If it's just plain not reading disks anymore, use 90%
alcohol and a cotton swab and gently swab both heads.

On Wed, May 09, 2012 at 07:47:51AM -0500, Michael Needham wrote:
>    Hello All
> 
>    This post is slightly off topic, but please bear with me on it as it will
>    be clear why I posted on this list.
> 
>    I have an Apple II gs that is among my Macs and last night One of my Apple
>    3.5 disk drives died on me. When I opened it up to investigate, I found
>    the drive is a Sony like those in earlier Macs.* It even has the same
>    connector.
> 
>    This is an 880k drive and I am hoping to find a replacement for it. It is
>    not the full auto variety but it does have motorized eject.
> 
>    Firstly, I would like to confirm that the drive is the model I think it
>    is. Then I would be interested in obtaining a replacement.
> 
>    For the latter, please contact me off list.
> 
>    Thanks for any help.
> 
>    Mike Needham in Kansas
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