Cool. I will most definitely clean her up first as I am also going to retr0brite the yellowed plastic. Hopefully a little silicone and dusting will preclude the necessity to bend shit! thanks for the suggestion.
________________________________ From: Dr. Hawkins <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 10:54:51 PM Subject: Re: Mac 512k diskette drive requires slight prying of diskette during ejection. On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Daniel Pereira <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm thinking a spring or some kind of mechanism needs to be replaced > or bent back into shape, but I don't have the screw drivers yet to > open up the back. If (and only if!) the cleaning solutions don't work, you will find that there is indeed a tab that can be bent slightly with a pair of needle-nose pliers to adjust. But cleaning is a much, much better idea. -- ----- 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 [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -- ----- 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 [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
