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From: news@ucrmath.ucr.edu (mr. news)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: 1571 troubles
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Message-ID: <13986@ucrmath.ucr.edu>
Date: 27 Apr 91 19:42:57 GMT
References: <1991Apr26.022406.19243@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1991Apr26.060123.8666@cse.uta.edu> <1991Apr26.211101.27151@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US>
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>In article <1991Apr26.060123.8666@cse.uta.edu> cs4344af@cse.uta.edu (Fuzzy Fox) writes:
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>>All 1571's that I have seen have a small physical quirk.  When a disk is
>>inserted and the door is closed, the disk does not always seat properly.
>>I find that all I hae to do is 'tap' the disk after having closed the
>>door, and a soft 'click' lets me know that it is seated.  This has
>>gotten to be such a habit that I forget that I'm doing it, and I have
>>never seen the problem again.  Tapping the disk is just part of putting
>>the disk in the drive.
>
I also tap the disk after I place it in the drive.. 
 
After about 4 years of usage, I found that I had to open up the drive and
put a piece of folded paper (small but thick) under the disk holding
mechanism because it began to stop gripping the hub firm enough.
From: bruce@watnxt2.ucr.edu (Ahmon Dancy)
Path: watnxt2!bruce


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