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Article #30933Re: Stuck floppy
From: Josh Hodas
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1988 13:18
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 1988 13:18
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In article <870201@hpcilzb.HP.COM> tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) writes: >> Well it finally happened to me; I got a floppy stuck in the upper drive >>of my 2 floppy SE. The Mac doesn't recognize the disk since it thinks it has >>ejected it. The disk wont push back in or come out and the manual (paper clip) >>hole doesn't affect anything. > >Are you sure? You have to push the paper clip WAY IN before it will work. >Unless your disk is stuck in there because the label is sticking to the >guts of the disk drive, the paper clip trick should work. > >-Ted Well, yes and no. It SHOULD work, but I have seen a few instances (on 512e's and pluses, I have no experience with the SE) of the drive mounting slipping just a bit, so that the disk attempts to eject but gets caught on the system case. The fix simply involved opening the system and adjusting the mounting a bit. (standard disclaimer applies: do it at your own risk) Josh ------------------------- Josh Hodas (hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu) 4223 Pine Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 222-7112 (home) (215) 898-9515 (school office)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!uwvax!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!super.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!hodas From: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Stuck floppy Message-ID: <5754@super.upenn.edu> Date: 5 Aug 88 13:18:13 GMT References: <5062@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <870201@hpcilzb.HP.COM> Sender: news@super.upenn.edu Reply-To: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu.UUCP (Josh Hodas) Organization: University of Pennsylvania Lines: 30