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From: awessels@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Allen Wessels)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: A3500 ??
Keywords: sheesh!
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Date: 22 Jan 91 17:15:10 GMT
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In article <7560@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <15797@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cleland@sdbio2.ucsd.edu (Thomas Cleland) writes:
>> but PLEASE keep a button on the drive itself.  My largest Mac
>> peeve  (I have several ;*))  is that I can't remove a disk
>> without pleading on my knees to the OS  (which may well be
>> busy doing something else like downloading)  or getting out
>> my little bent-up paperclip.
>
>Of course this wouldn't, barring crashes, be a problem with the Amiga. The
>O/S is unlikely to be "busy doing something else".

It also isn't a problem on the Mac.  Unless the machine has crashed, you can
eject any floppy at any time by typing command-shift {1,2, or 0}.  If you crash,
all you need to do is hold down the mouse button during boot and the Mac will
eject all diskettes from all the 3.5" drives.

The only time the paperclip trick is need is during a harware failure, and the
utility is questionable even there.  If the hardware problem is due to a jammed
diskette or the read head of the drive being mis-positioned, forcing the floppy
out could do even more damage.