Re: Question mac drive

[W Stewart <waynes@intergate.bc.ca>]

Randy Shackelford wrote:

>
> That sounds like an awful lot of work when you consider how easy to find and
> cheap the old Sony superdrives are now. It's not like the days when I pulled
> an eject motor off a broken 800K to fix a superdrive since that motor ran
> $70. Reseller types in the Mac forsale groups regularly offer superdrives
> for $15 or less. I've accumulated about three spares myself from finding 'em
> in used computer stores.

It does sound like a lot to me too. But if funds are tight or you're 200 miles from
the used computer store then fixing it might become more attractive. Some guys just
like to fix things too.

     Wayne