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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It might be possible to buy an old floppy drive off ebay and switch out the broken one of that happens, as long as there are no proprietary connectors and such...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Compaq would like a word.

[–] bufordt 1 points 10 months ago

Ah yes, Compaq, the company that used non standard power supplies but with the standard wire coloring and connectors. I had several customers blow up their motherboards after buying standard replacement power supplies.