Ah... the O1. Got wait listed the night I bought mine from a then-prominent computer retailer in CT; 6 weeks or thereabouts later, got an original -- 90K floppies, and all.
Was delighted with it (and had better eyes in those days) but went for the DD and 80col upgrades as soon as they were available. Modded the chassis to put a 5" fan on the rear, which (I believe) helped the machine survive 20+ years in working order.
And in those 20, it acquired 3 siblings -- one more browncase, and two blue-greys. One of the latter was probably fried when I bought it ($20? maybe); the other seems to have an iffy stepper motor on the A: drive, but that's one I hope to cure.
What I really (*really, really!*) need some help with is contact from someone who has a SYSGENed 5.25 SSDD floppy and would be willing to make me a copy.
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