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my cd drive needs repair
« on: June 03, 2009, 02:08:09 AM »
Dear Friends:

My external cd drive for my a1200 quit working. Is there anybody who can help me repair it ? Pls post name and address.
Thank you !!!

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Re: my cd drive needs repair
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2009, 05:16:48 AM »
What kind of drive is it? Plain old SCSI or IDE mechanisms aren't even worth repairing since new ones are a dime a dozen. If it's one of those custom PCMCIA-interface ones, you might have more of a challenge.
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Re: my cd drive needs repair
« Reply #2 on: June 03, 2009, 08:15:14 AM »
Though the pcmcia cd-rom that I had when i opened the case was a standard ide cd-rom with an adpater plugged into the ide port on the back of it that.
 
Might be worth opening it up and having a look
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Re: my cd drive needs repair
« Reply #3 on: June 03, 2009, 08:49:42 AM »
They're pretty much all standard CD-ROM drives, with adaptors. Whip out your old drive and stick any old new one in and it should be just fine. Might even be able to use a DVD drive. Even a writer if the adaptor is well engineered, maybe!
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Re: my cd drive needs repair
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2009, 06:34:07 PM »
Hi:
Thank you for your advice. I will buy a new cd drive.
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Re: my cd drive needs repair
« Reply #5 on: June 03, 2009, 08:13:05 PM »
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Hi:
Thank you for your advice. I will buy a new cd drive.


My external CDRom died recently (PCMCIA interface). To be honest, I have found the NIC I put in there afterwards a lot more useful :)
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Re: my cd drive needs repair
« Reply #6 on: June 03, 2009, 08:26:23 PM »
Hi Karlos:

what is a NIC mean?
Thanks !!!
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Re: my cd drive needs repair
« Reply #7 on: June 03, 2009, 08:32:38 PM »
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Hi Karlos:

what is a NIC mean?
Thanks !!!


Sorry, must remember to reduce the abbreviation :)

Network Interface Card/Controller (depending on your preference).

In this case a basic 10Mb network card. Having lost the CD is not much of an issue since I can create a samba share for the CD on another machine and mount it on the amiga over the network.

It's pretty damn handy :)
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