Broken 6100/60 foot

[LarBob]

One foot on my 6100/60 broke today. Here is a picture:

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I was wondering if anybody knew where I could get a replacement.

 

[CelGen]

You don't. The plastics are crap.

You glue it back on and call it good.

 

[LarBob]

Lol, alright.

 

[Nathan]

You don't. The plastics are crap.

You glue it back on and call it good.

That's a litttle bit unfair. These computers, and their plastic parts, are over 20+ years old now. Nothing is perfect, everything breaks down and plastics are just less durable than metal.

 

[Johnnya101]

I or Alaska could probably 3D print one if you want it in one piece... Might be kinda hard to design though.

 

[CelGen]

That's a litttle bit unfair. These computers, and their plastic parts, are over 20+ years old now. Nothing is perfect, everything breaks down and plastics are just less durable than metal.

If that was the case then the lid on my TRS-80 Model II is a sheet of glass.

Apple plastics from that era were cheap garbage. It isn't a crime to glue it back together.

 

[Carboy7]

Apple plastics from that era were cheap garbage.

However, the plastic that most PowerBooks of that era used is not cheap garbage.

 

[EvilCapitalist]

If that was the case then the lid on my TRS-80 Model II is a sheet of glass.

Apple plastics from that era were cheap garbage. It isn't a crime to glue it back together.

QFT.  I remember ~2000 there were PM 52xx/53xx machines that techs I worked with hated because the tabs kept snapping off and those machines were only ~4 years old at that point.  You could tell which machines had been worked on based on which had tape keeping the various covers in place.

 

[Johnnya101]

If that was the case then the lid on my TRS-80 Model II is a sheet of glass.

Apple plastics from that era were cheap garbage. It isn't a crime to glue it back together.

Ive got to agree on this. On my Apple IIGS, for instance, the mouse is VERY sturdy and solid. On my Power Mac G3 the mouse is like a plastic toy. The keyboards have the same problem, however the actual computer is about the same quality.

 

[360alaska]

I need an unbroken one to model it and then it can be printed.