Re: Hints/feedback on disk reading failure on Apple IIe

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

IceMan wrote:
> "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote in message
> ZvydncGg4dur8hLeRVn-rQ@comcast.com">news:ZvydncGg4dur8hLeRVn-rQ@comcast.com...
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> > No, the IIgs (and most other) memory expansion boards use 256K DRAMs.
>
>
>     Darn, I'll have to look further then...

Bill Garber, who frequents this group, may have some.

> > Congratulations--most people who do this rarely make a mess of it.  ;-)
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>
>     Was this ironic? Did you mean "most people who do this usually make a
> mess of it"? Sorry, I really didn't get the phrase...

Sorry for the squinting modifier.  ;-)

I meant that people who rarely solder often make a mess of it.

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> > It is quite easy to junk something that would take an hour or
> > two to fix when a full replacement is so easily done.
>
>
>     Again you're right. But the feeling you get when a beloved old piece of
> hardware comes back to life: priceless.

Hear, hear!

-michael

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