Well, to get the floppy out, there should be a little hole by the slot where you put the disk in, if you poke a paperclip (bent straight) or a small screwdriver in and push, it should pop the disk out (unless it's stuck in the drive because the mechanism broke)
Thanks for the input. It turns out that the thing is a boat anchor--it was exposed to extreme temperatures during shipping, and now, some of the circuits on the motherboard fried. I don't really want to spend the money to replace the parts--turns out that for this kind of thing, it is going to cost well over $1K to fund replacements, and I don't have that kind of money. Oh, well--I still got good peripherals. As for the SE, the CRT has a crack in the back, so it's useless. I'm going to turn it into a Macquarium, leaving the disk in for atmosphere.... In the meantime, I am going to buy Virtual ][. NOTE: I am not a hobbyist, I am doing a History Day project about Steve Jobs, and although this came out after his first legacy is over, I figured that it exemplified how Apple set the tone for the revolutionary computer. At $19, Virtual ][ is a good buy--if you want a Apple ][, ][+, ][c, // e, or //gs emulator, this is certainly worth it, as it's the only worthwile universal binary program. OTSIAM43095 On Dec 22, 5:02 pm, "Abel Ortiz Monasterio" <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know how to get it out with our opening it, some one else may be > able help you. I think that your CRT is broken at the connection, the same > thing happened to me. I was making noises, I opened it and realized when I > disconnected it that the very tip was broken. > > They are very delicate, mine must have broken during shipping. Similar > story, I got it for $1 + shipping on Ebay it was not in good shape but I > needed the CRT for my SE30 that I broke while pulling a cable > > Abel > > > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Otsiam43095 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I just purchased a Macintosh SE from eBay. > > The description: > > Literally saved from the grave, I found this old SE by the side of the > > road in the little town of Elora, Tennessee. It was wet and covered in > > mud, but since I have a soft spot for old Macs I took it home, cleaned > > it, and to my surprise it booted right up. Even more curious is how it > > ended up by the side of the road in Tennessee. While reviewing the > > data on the hard drive, I discovered it belonged to a rocket engineer > > for Martin Marietta in Huntsville, Alabama. There's several house > > plans and an interesting presentation by the previous owner pertaining > > to Martin Marietta's attempt to win a government contract. > > > If your looking for a top shelf Mac SE, this isn't it. The case is > > rough and it gives the occasional Sad Mac on start-up. I no longer > > have room for it, so if you would like to give this little guy a home, > > the bidding starts low. > > > Here's my problem: 1) A floppy was put into the disk drive (by me, > > when doing a routine post-transaction test of the slots) and now it > > won't come out. Is there a way to get the floppy out without opening > > the Mac? I am new to this style of machine, so please help! > > 2)The screen will not turn on. (I can hear the machine turning on.) > > What should I do? (I believe that the monitor was disconnected from > > the rest of the inner workings during standard flat rate shipping.) > > > Any help appreciated! > > > Otsiam43095- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
