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From: fadden@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Andy McFadden)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: The Incredible 3.5" Disk...
Summary: Not exactly
Message-ID: <20511@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 9 Dec 89 21:00:08 GMT
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In article <11779@smoke.BRL.MIL> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>In article <89342.122150SAB121@PSUVM.BITNET> SAB121@PSUVM.BITNET writes:
>>You bet! Next thing I know, my friends BTIII is STUCK in the 3.5" drive...
>>Minor surgery and a pair of needle nose pliers later ...
>
>Apple Disk 3.5 has a hole in the eject button.
>You can insert a small pin punch (or even a stiff paper clip wire)
>firmly to activate the ejection mechanics.

Sometimes.

Horror story #1:
My brother was working for a software developer, and had a 3.5" disk drive
on loan.  The disk that was inside wouldn't eject; it would come part of the
way out and then stop.  After about an hour of trying to force it out, we
gave up and handed it over to an Authorized Apple Dealer.  They took the
drive apart, removed the disk, and all was well.  They promptly put the
disk back in, where it became lodged again.  Disk drive 1, Apple tech 0.

Semi-horror story #2:
About three weeks ago, a disk I had borrowed became stuck.  Apparently a
flap of the disk label had come up and was preventing the disk from ejecting.
I didn't have a paper clip on hand, so I tried something different.  About
1/8" of the disk would protrude from the disk drive, but I was unable to
pull it out.  However, if I pulled WHILE THE DRIVE WAS STILL EJECTING
(listen carefully to it), it would come out freely.  It appears that after
the drive gave up on it, it locked the disk in place.

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fadden@cory.berkeley.edu (Andy McFadden)
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