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From: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: The Incredible 3.5" Disk...
Message-ID: <6161@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 10 Dec 89 21:58:13 GMT
References: <89342.122150SAB121@PSUVM.BITNET> <11779@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Reply-To: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester ,MA
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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 ...

Ow...I can just see the plastic whitening and crackling as the needlenose
wedges itself into the slot, making little ridges and dents all over the
drive and disk, then the drive heads reluctantly scraping along the edge of
the disk case as it is extracted like a loosened wood screw from aging
plasterboard...

>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.

This would have been a good idea O:-)


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