I don't think there were any 800K manual inject drives, only 1.44MB superdrives after Apple started getting cheap. In fact, the later manual inject drives introduced door flaps as well, cut down on dust being pulled through. What that says to me is that during the SE production, there would have only been auto-inject drives, even on the FDHD. Therefore, I would question that advice to chuck the dust shield for the SE. The Classic and Color Classic were different machines which drew air indirectly from the the floppy drive, but the SE more or less sucked most of its air right through the floppy, which prompted Apple to offer optional plastic dust shields. On an SE with such a shield, the drive is more or less hermetically sealed, no air being drawn through it at all. If anything I would recommend adding the shield to the SE, especially if it's going to be used in a dirty location, like a garage or basement "workshop".
On Sep 7, 8:47 pm, Gregg Eshelman <g_ala...@yahoo.com> wrote: > --- On Mon, 9/7/09, Lee Tucker <ltuc...@hiwaay.net> wrote: > > > From: Lee Tucker <ltuc...@hiwaay.net> > > Subject: Re: Mac SE floppy > > To: vintage-macs@googlegroups.com > > Date: Monday, September 7, 2009, 7:20 PM > > > That's one dirty drive... > > > Actually for a machine as old as this one it's in almost > > new shape. The > > case is not yellowed at all. And the interior is > > pretty much dust free. > > > Must have come from a smoke free, UV free, dirt free clean > > room <grin>. > > If your Mac still has the plastic dust cover on its floppy drive, remove it > and throw it away. Apple didn't use dust covers on the later manual inject > drives because they proved to be more effective *catchers* of dust. > > With the cover, any dust that gets sucked into the drive stays in the drive. > Without the cover, dust will mostly get sucked *through* the drive. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of 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 vintage-macs@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
