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From: msiskin@shogun.cc.umich.edu (Marc Siskin)
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Subject: Re: A1020
Summary: It's True.
Keywords: A1020
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Date: 30 Nov 88 19:35:07 GMT
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In article <28696@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> martens@cis.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Martens) writes:
>
>The consensus among mail order folks I talked to today is that Commodore
>has discontinued the A1020 5.25" drive.  Is this true?  Will there be
>another production run in the near future?  Does anyone know of anyplace
>I can lay my hands on one, new or used?  Have there been any problems
>with them, other than availability?  Thanks.  I know somebody was having
>trouble within the last few days, but no responses were posted, so I'm
>pretty much in the dark here.
>
>-- Jeff
Sorry to say this but Commodore announced to Dealers a while ago that
They were discontinuing the A1020 and the C128.  I saw the notice myself.
Guess you have to start searching the used market or make your own drive.
It isn't that hard to do from an inexpensive IBM drive and a few parts.
                      MSiskin@shogun.cc.umich.edu

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