To All:

About a week ago I posted an appeal for help with my computer sys,
damaged during a recent stay in hospital. I've been using a lap-top
as the controller. The keyboard was physically damaged (key broken
off) and start-up wasn't starting up. Since all of the addresses were
in the lap-top, I no longer had access to about a terabyte of data.

I ordered a replacement keyboard (about $40 incl. shipping). Arrived
today. Dismantled the lap-top, found the #2 disk drive slightly out
of position, lots of dirt, etc.

Installed the new keyboard, straightened things out.

Operation normal in all respects.The work took about 1.5 hrs,
following instructions found on the internet.

The lap-top will be temporarily re-integrated with the system. When
everything is running normally I'll swap it out, replace it with
something more suitable... like a Vic-20 :-)

-R.S.Hoover