On Friday, May 8, 2015 at 6:38:38 PM UTC-4, Charles Hudson wrote:
Mac Quadra 650 being refurbished:When I tried to eject the disk (from
the Special menu, with the disk icon selected) OS 8 ground the gears in the
drive, removed the icon from the desktop, then ground some more and
It was and remains a simple task of using a paper clip. You are showing
your lack of expertise with rudimentary Mac operations.
I strongly suggest that you make a very minor investment in acquiring
vintage Mac books for a penny on the dollar authored by Bob Levitus and a
myriad of others
It was and remains a simple task of using a paper clip. You are showing
your lack of expertise with rudimentary Mac operations.
I strongly suggest that you make a very minor investment in acquiring
vintage Mac books for a penny on the dollar authored by Bob Levitus and a
myriad of others and
Exactly, Angelo and Bruce.
Charles indicated his problem, noted his attempts to resolve it and then asked
for help.
I replied, noted my own error in not reading Charles original post and offered
additional help.
Clark edits the original post and the context is lost then makes a fundamental
On Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 6:50:16 AM UTC-4, Mat Stalkman wrote:
Exactly, Angelo and Bruce.
My thanks to all who responded with suggestions. In my first post on this
site I acknowledged my lack of experience with Apple computers and the fact
that the one in my possession had been
Good suggestion, Brian.
When I was a lad (before time itself) paper clips were made of steel.
Bruce
On Sat, May 09, 2015 at 06:30:28AM -0400, Brian wrote:
I found a paper clip too wimpy and have needed to use a very small Allen
wrench.
HTH,
Brian
On May 8, 2015, at 7:37 PM, 'Keith
It was and remains a simple task of using a paper clip. You are showing your
lack of expertise with rudimentary Mac operations.
I strongly suggest that you make a very minor investment in acquiring vintage
Mac books for a penny on the dollar authored by Bob Levitus and a myriad of
others and
Mac Quadra 650 being refurbished: I got some Hayes SmartFax software on
floppy disk partly in order to test the floppy drive. I inserted the 1.4
floppy into the drive, and the OS 8 recognized the disk, created an icon on
the desktop and opened a window so I could see the contents (an
Charles,
To the right of the floppy slot, just beneath the actual slot is a tiny hole.
Take a paper clip and straighten it. Push the paper clip into this hole until
you meet some resistance, almost as if a spring is pushing against the
paperclip.
Push the paperclip against this resistance firmly
Sorry, Charles, I missed your paperclip solution first time around. You will
have to remove the lid.
Actually, looking at the image on google, the front panel should come off.
Underneath the overhanging edge, at either side, you should be able to feel a
small bump extending down.
Press on each
Sent from an iPhone, don't ask whose.
On May 8, 2015, at 3:38 PM, Charles Hudson clh...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm not familiar with this style of drive; all the ones I've seen have an
eject button, so I'm wondering what to do. Dismantle, of course, but then
what?
Mac floppy drives don't
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