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From: SAB121@PSUVM.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: The Incredible 3.5" Disk...
Message-ID: <89346.223311SAB121@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 13 Dec 89 03:33:11 GMT
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In article <6161@wpi.wpi.edu> dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah) writes:
>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...

Sorry, I should have made myself a little clearer. First we removed the bottom
of the case... It would be a little difficult to get disk out with needlenose
considering that the slot is only about 75% smaller than a pair of pliers...
Also, the drive heads had just disengaged, they were not anywhere near the
disk, rather like what was said in a previous article about having to pry it
out with the drive turned on... Same thing here.

>>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:-)

Yes, this would have been an excellent idea, except that I tried it 3 or 4
times and nothing would happen.  The idea of the pliers was the AP*LE dealers
suggestion since the repair department wouldn't open till 9:00am the next day.
Any idea how hard it is to work with a GS when you have <<NO>> disk drives
except a RAMFactor???

PS: Has anyone noticed that only the people working on the II line were
intelligent enough to allow a person to use the little button on the front of
the drive?  Much easier to get a disk out instead of dragging things around the
desktop...

Oh, in a completely unrelated item, has anyone archived the ACS demo in an FTP
site?  I didn't have a modem that week and couldn't download it. Also, I won't
be around to do it now... Leave me a note in E-mail if you have a copy, I think
they save that over break...