🚀 go-pugleaf

   I was just working happily along on a philosophy paper when I decided to
save my work (that generally being a useful function of computers).  All of
sudden, it said that the drive wasn't responding and continued to maintain
that stance, no matter what I did.  Occassionally I can boot a disk, but I
can't run programs or even copy my files onto an IBM formatted disk.
Needless to say, this is close to the absolute worst moment for my drive to
die since I have 25 pages of writing to hand in in four days (I can do it on
the Mac at work but I'm not happy about it).  
   So, I need information on several items.  Has anyone had this problem
before and found a simple fix (I have 1040 with no external drives)?  I
could open it up and check internal connections, but I have a feeling that
won't help.  Also, what is the policy on repairs direct from Atari
(NEIL????)?  The only dealer in town (and the only one within a three or
four hour drive) just went out of business (Thanks to the new marketing
strategy, the Megas and some other circumstances) so I don't really have a
local alternative unless someone knows of a dealer that does repairs
somewhere near Ithaca, New York (could you check your dealer list Neil?)?
How long can I expect this to take?  (I don't need it absolutely over winter
break, but I would really like to have it as soon as possible.)  Does anyone
have an idea on how much a drive repair would cost, since the warranty is
certainly used up?  Does anyone have any consoling words?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                   Thanks for any help . . .
                                        Adam Engst

engst@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu
pv9y@cornella.bitnet