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From: buggie@capella.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)
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Subject: DISK II DRIVE REPAIR: $5 PLUS SHIPPING
Date: 9 Dec 1995 19:16:53 GMT
Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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REPAIR OF DISK II 5.25" DRIVES: $5 EACH PLUS SHIPPING
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Do you have a Disk II (5.25" floppy drive gathering dust on the shelf
because it makes drive errors while reading or writing disks? I can
repair them. Most common fault is track-centering alignment adjustment.
This will be adjusted, as well as speed. I can replace bad ICs on the
analog board (rarely needed) @ $1.00 per IC.
GUARANTEED WORK: The $5.00 labor charge will be levied only if the
repair is successful. About 90% of the Disk II drives I have attempted
to repair havce been successful. Last February, I did a presentation at
a local Apple users' group on repair/adjustment of 5.25" drives.
I can also adjust other 5.25" drives (Apple 5.25, Unidisk 5.25, Disk IIc,
or half-height clones, etc.), provided that the suspected fault is
mechanical and not electrical. Electrical repairs are easily done on
the Disk II and other full-height clones because ICs are socketed. It is
harder to fix the analog board on newer drives becausew ICs are soldered
in place.
I am offering this adjustment service at low cost to save drives that
might otherwise be tossed away. Schools and others on low budgets should
find the low price attractive.
Note that this applies _only_ to 5.25" floppy drives. For 3.5" drives,
there is a repair service in Leander Texas that fixes them for $15 plus
shipping. That service was recommended by Joe Kohn in Shareware
Solutions II newsletter (Aren't you glad that you subscribe to SSII?!)
SHIPPING:
Enclose a check for $5 per drive plus shipping costs at these rates,
which apply to the number of drives shipped in the same carton:
No of drives Shipping cost
1 $5.00
2 $9.00
3 $13.00
4 $16.00
5 $19.00
more.... $19.00 plus $3 per extra drive....
BONUS DISK: With each shipment, I will enclose my ALIGNMENT DISK:
It has my 17-page tutorial on track-centering alignment, and the flip
side has the software needed for the adjustment. Adjustment software
will be provided for the IIe/IIgs, and a specially modified version of
the disk to use the sofware on the IIc.
If you want only the two disks, send $1.00 to cover disks and postage.
(I cannot transmit the disks via e-mail because my college has IBM
computers only in its email computer room, so Apple II files cannot be
sent or received.)
Steve Buggie buggie@unm.edu
U of New Mexico-Gallup
200 College Rd.
Gallup, NM 87301