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From: hodas@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Josh Hodas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Stuck floppy
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Date: 5 Aug 88 13:18:13 GMT
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In article <870201@hpcilzb.HP.COM> tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) writes:
>>        Well it finally happened to me; I got a floppy stuck in the upper drive
>>of my 2 floppy SE. The Mac doesn't recognize the disk since it thinks it has
>>ejected it. The disk wont push back in or come out and the manual (paper clip)
>>hole doesn't affect anything.
>
>Are you sure?  You have to push the paper clip WAY IN before it will work.
>Unless your disk is stuck in there because the label is sticking to the
>guts of the disk drive, the paper clip trick should work.
>
>-Ted

Well, yes and no. It SHOULD work, but I have seen a few instances (on 512e's
and pluses, I have no experience with the SE) of the drive mounting slipping
just a bit, so that the disk attempts to eject but gets caught on the system
case.  The fix simply involved opening the system and adjusting the mounting
a bit.

(standard disclaimer applies:  do it at your own risk)

Josh

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