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From: jgs@merit.edu (John Scudder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: Hi Density Disks -- high failure rate
Message-ID: <1991Apr3.214745.3506@terminator.cc.umich.edu>
Date: 3 Apr 91 21:47:45 GMT
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In article <1991Apr3.182729.29723@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> chai@hawk.cs.ukans.edu (Ian Chai) writes:
>> DUST DUST DUST!!!!!!!
>
>Is there a solution? I once heard of people taking dustbuster
>minivacuums to their Pluses... does this sound like a good
>thing to do to an SE or IIx?
>
>Ian

I don't know about the vacuum cleaners, but if you don't have this problem
yet and want to avoid it, you can use the following hi-tech solution:

Tape a bit of paper to the front of your Mac such that it hangs down
in front of the drive and blocks air (and dust) flow into the drive.  When
you want to insert a disk, flip your paper 'door' up.  

Cheers,

--John
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