Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:50534 comp.sys.mac.hardware:2225 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!icdoc!qmw-cs!davide From: davide@cs.qmw.ac.uk (David Edmondson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.hardware Subject: Re: Everyone with an FDHD drive (or ANY floppy drive) Message-ID: <1782@sequent.cs.qmw.ac.uk> Date: 13 Mar 90 13:07:56 GMT References: <4227@hub.UUCP> <110@atux01.UUCP> <1587@diamond2.UUCP> Reply-To: davide@cs.qmw.ac.uk (David Edmondson) Organization: Computer Science Dept, QMW, University of London, UK. Lines: 26 Summary: Expires: Sender: Followup-To: Distribution: Keywords: In article <1587@diamond2.UUCP> derosa@cell.mot.COM (John DeRosa) writes: >I got a product similar to this called trackmate. It contained a bottle >of "stuff" that had a felt tip to spead the liquid with. It also > deleted >The problem is that the "disk" would ALWAYS jam in the drive which >would require disassembly of the Mac to get it out. Has anyone >also had this problem? It has happened on several macs. Would >the 800K init help this problem? I had this problem with a disk cleaner and found that it was due to the label they use to hold the case together. Scraping the label away from the indented section next to the ramp cutout fixed it. dave -- David Edmondson UUCP: davide@qmw-cs.uucp or ...seismo!mcvax!ukc!qmw-cs!davide ARPA: davide%cs.qmw@nsfnet-relay.ac.uk Post: Dept of Computer Science JANET: davide@uk.ac.qmw.cs Queen Mary and Westfield College Applelink: UK0087 University of London Mile End Road London E1 4NS Voice: +44 1 975 5250 England