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27-September-04, 12:44 AM
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| I need to Confirm with email Join Date: Sep 2004
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 |  FDD Alignment The primary FDD on my IBM Personal Portable Computer (from 1981) crapped out, I can't get it to boot into DOS. I think I may need one of those old 5.25" floppy disks that would automatically align the drive... anyone have one? In the olden days only Computer Repair Shops would have them but I doubt any still do. |
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27-September-04, 12:49 AM
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| Advocatus Diaboli  Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Home of the world's greatest race...
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  |  Damn if that doesn't bring back some memories. I wouldn't even know the first place to start unless you can find an online vintage computer retailer (wow, vintage just sounded really nasty for some reason) or get extremely lucky at a garage sale. Here's one more.... I can even remember when those "compact" 5 1/4" floppies were actually 8"!!! Wait, just found something......HERE! Good luck. Rob Edit: Wow!
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27-September-04, 12:56 AM
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| $50 to $200 is a bit excessive even to keep a classic piece of equipment in perfect working order. Its a pitty because it was working up until this year. Maybe if I was a professional vintage computer restorer. |
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