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   Peter van Merkerk to Lion Of Judah   
   Re: The C64 killed the ATARI 800   
   09 Jan 06 09:09:36   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.atari.8bit, comp.sys.cbm   
   From: merkerk@deadspam.com   
      
   Lion Of Judah wrote:   
   > "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?   
      
   That is very well possible.   
      
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