Re: Apple IIe or //e for sale

[Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid>]

In article 
<d01fc4cb-15e7-440f-9c11-8965e6a7461f@v26g2000prm.googlegroups.com>,
 "Paul G." <carbide@egine.com> wrote:

> I've been able to get some
> defective drives working by pulling and reinserting the little ribbon
> cables. I think the tin plated connections oxidize.

I'd believe it as it's likely the drives have been sitting around for a 
while.

Supposedly one of the reason's that drove Jobs and Apple to not include 
a floppy in the iMac was Steve went on a little tour of floppy 
manufacturers looking for a cheap good drive and found that several had 
millions of drives warehoused and that they weren't making any at the 
time. If this is true, they might only run a production line every 
couple of years to fill up the warehouse.

Greg B.

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