XPost: comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.cbm   
   From: sonofman1@comcast.net   
      
   "Clockmeister"  wrote in message   
   news:43c1433b$1@duster.adelaide.on.net...   
   >   
   > "Simon Scott"  wrote in message   
   > news:43bf8330@quokka.wn.com.au...   
   >> drHirudo wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>> I remember having to replace the sid chips every two weeks or so, and   
   >>>> also having to re-align those 1541 drives almost every 3 days.   
   >>>   
   >>> I have 7 C64 mobos and two 1541s put in my basement. None of them is   
   >>> working.   
   >>   
   >> I have a dozen c64s and a dozen 1541's in the shed. All of them work.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I had 9 C64's, 2 C128's and a bunch of drives at one stage and none of   
   > them ever had a problem.   
      
   I should have mentioned, I used it in the Carribean, tropical   
   climate...perhaps heat might have been an issue?   
      
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