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Know the feeling. I dropped mine from about 5 foot on to the tarmac and did much the same kind of damage (stupid Targa shoulder strap broke at the join.... be warned). I tried gluing the case together, but its a strange material (?) coated in what is almost a Hamerite like black plastic paint so it wasn't that easy. Best thing I did was to get some sort of plastic/metal glue which allows a bit of movement (super glue is out) and remove some of the case paint so that you get clean edges. This worked fine for a few weeks, but my company sent it off to be replaced. The replacement was for the front case part, a new floppy drive (mine bit the dust too when dropped - aaaahhh) and to repair the latch on the CD that would now pop open at any instant. Total cost was about £600 (English Pounds) for the case and floppy and would have been another £200 apparently to fix the CD latch (?????!!!!), so I swapped it for another one lying around. I know how you feel. My deepest sympathies! Alex At 08:36 AM 7/30/96 -0500, Russell, Mark S wrote: >I just dropped my newly acquired TP760C. It works fine, but a chunk >(about 3x.5") of the front lower right corner cracked and broke off. Now >the thing won't latch shut since the piece that broke is the part >containing the latch. > >As I sit feeling like dirt for being so stupid to drop it (I forgot to >zip the bag), I am trying to decide how to put this thing back together >and I was wondering if anyone on the list had tried to do this before. I >have a few questions: > >1. Has anyone ever glued a TP case back together? If so, what is the >best kind of glue to use? > >2. Has anybody ever replaced the base case on a TP? I assume this must >cost at least an arm & probably a leg too. > >3. I also noticed a crack around the mouse port. Should I try to glue it >as well? > >Any help (or even a crying towel) would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks, >Mark > > > >Mark Russell >Intergraph Corp. >msrussel@ingr.com >(205) 730-7233 > > >