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Re: Why won't my Mac eject the disk?!

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From: chou
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1986 00:11
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I've received lots of responses from pele about my disk ejecting problems.
Evidently this is a common problem with the new 800K drives... especially with
upgraded Macs.  No one seems quite sure what to do, but many have suggested
that the problem has a Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Why won't my Mac eject the disk?!
Summary: This seems to be a common problem 
References: <1059@husc2.UUCP> <1856@jade.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: chou@husc2.UUCP (luyen chou)
Organization: Harvard University Science Center

I've received lots of responses from pele about my disk ejecting problems.
Evidently this is a common problem with the new 800K drives... especially with
upgraded Macs.  No one seems quite sure what to do, but many have suggested
that the problem has a way of alleviating itself after a lot of disk ejecting.
If anyone knows a way that the problem can be permanently solved, PLEASE post
to the Net... it's really an amazing nuisance to have to keep a paper clip
in one's hand at all times.

Also, re: disk speed hardware control:  I was told by a friend that he visited
a repair shop where the repairmen had turned the eject speed up all the way.
When they ejected a disk, they simply held their hands out about a foot away
from the drive and caught the disk as it came flying out of the slot.  Who sez
computers can't be fun??!

--Luyen Chou
  The Core Corps
  Harvard University
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From: chou@husc2.UUCP (chou)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Why won't my Mac eject the disk?!
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Date: Tue, 9-Dec-86 19:11:56 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec  9 19:11:56 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 10-Dec-86 04:22:26 EST
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Organization: Harvard University Science Center
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Summary: This seems to be a common problem