Re: 1551 found on ebay

From: Gerrit Heitsch <*gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de*> Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2012 14:11:10 +0100 Message-ID: <50BB536E.1040100@laosinh.s.bawue.de> · gerrit_at_laosinh.s.bawue.de

On 12/02/2012 02:06 PM, didier@aida.org wrote:
> I'll never take the risk to buy one, It may be broken and I don’t have the parts nor the skills to repair a floppy disk

There is another problem with the 1551... For some reason the plastic of 
the case is very brittle now. So unless whoever sells it packs it VERY 
carefully, you might get a working drive, but one where the case has 
disintegrated during shipping.

  Gerrit

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