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From: paryavi@harris.cis.ksu.edu (Saiid Paryavi)
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Subject: Re: Floppy infinite eject problem
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Date: 6 Jun 90 18:44:14 GMT
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In article <9848@lindy.Stanford.EDU> simoni@strat.stanford.edu writes:
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>I have been trying to connect an 800K Sony floppy disk drive up to the
>external drive port of a Mac Plus.  When I turn on the computer the disk
>drive immediately begins to infinitely cycle through its eject sequence.
>Has anyone else seen this problem?  And of course, does anyone know what the
>problem might be?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rich Simoni
>simoni@strat.stanford.edu

This happend to me once.  The way I fixed it was to hold down the mouse button
while switching the Mac on (just as you would to eject a stuck floppy).  You
should hold the mouse down until the drive stops ejecting.

Hope this helps.


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In article <9848@lindy.Stanford.EDU> simoni@strat.stanford.edu writes:
>
>I have been trying to connect an 800K Sony floppy disk drive up to the
>external drive port of a Mac Plus.  When I turn on the computer the disk
>drive immediately begins to infinitely cycle through its eject sequence.
>Has anyone else seen this problem?  And of course, does anyone know what the
>problem might be?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rich Simoni
>simoni@strat.stanford.edu

This happend to me once.  The way I fixed it was to hold down the mouse button
while switching the Mac on (just as you would to eject a stuck floppy).  You
should hold the mouse down until the drive stops ejecting.

Hope this helps.


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In article <9848@lindy.Stanford.EDU> simoni@strat.stanford.edu writes:
>
>I have been trying to connect an 800K Sony floppy disk drive up to the
>external drive port of a Mac Plus.  When I turn on the computer the disk
>drive immediately begins to infinitely cycle through its eject sequence.
>Has anyone else seen this problem?  And of course, does anyone know what the
>problem might be?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rich Simoni
>simoni@strat.stanford.edu

This happend to me once.  The way I fixed it was to hold down the mouse button
while switching the Mac on (just as you would to eject a stuck floppy).  You
should hold the mouse down until the drive stops ejecting.

Hope this helps.


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In article <9848@lindy.Stanford.EDU> simoni@strat.stanford.edu writes:
>
>I have been trying to connect an 800K Sony floppy disk drive up to the
>external drive port of a Mac Plus.  When I turn on the computer the disk
>drive immediately begins to infinitely cycle through its eject sequence.
>Has anyone else seen this problem?  And of course, does anyone know what the
>problem might be?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Rich Simoni
>simoni@strat.stanford.edu

This happend to me once.  The way I fixed it was to hold down the mouse button
while switching the Mac on (just as you would to eject a stuck floppy).  You
should hold the mouse down until the drive stops ejecting.

Hope this helps.


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