Greg Buchner wrote:
In article <2e5e3ffa-4829-46aa-a05b-6331adba4d2e@z3g2000yqz.googlegroups.com>,rich12345 <aiiadict@gmail.com> wrote:On Mar 30, 9:22 am, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:An old-style TV repair shop (if you can find one) could fix it pretty easily.Do those exist in the US? I haven't been able to find one for years... People just go buy new ones or pick them up used for $10 at the thrift store.I know of one not too far away from (Minneapolis/St. Paul area), but I would guess that it won't be around long. It's run by an older guy who's probably past normal retirement age and it doesn't seem to be something younger people really get into.
That's exactly right. If you have a "senior" enclave around, you're more likely to find one. Small towns also seem to be more interested in repair than replacement (and the labor costs are less astronomical). -michael NadaNet and AppleCrate II: parallel computing for Apple II computers! Home page: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."