Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!wuarchive!rex!ukma!dftsrv!heawk1!hoepfner From: hoepfner@gsfc.nasa.gov (Patrick Hoepfner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Hi Density Disks -- high failure rate Message-ID: Date: 5 Apr 91 15:03:26 GMT References: <1991Apr3.003702.14936@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> <1991Apr3.041443.12295@en.ecn.purdue.edu> <1991Apr3.182729.29723@hawk.cs.ukans.edu> <1991Apr3.214745.3506@terminator.cc.umich.edu> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Lines: 27 jgs@merit.edu (John Scudder) writes: >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. This floppy door is a good idea for the IIci and IIcx hich sucks air through the floppy opening. The SE and SE/30 are a little different in that the fan does not suck air through the floppy hole. These will collect furr balls though and can be vacuumed regularily. -- +--------------------------+---------------------------------------+ / Patrick Hoepfner | NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center \ / America Online: PatrickH9 | Internet: hoepfner@heasfs.gsfc.nasa.gov \ +-----------------------------+------------------------------------------+