Re: Using a Mac to make IIgs bootable disks

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inject..insert..whatever.  I just tested my Plus, LCII and Classic II and
all require the disk to pushed in until my finger touches the face of the
machine.  Actually, I have to continue pushing the disk on the right
hand side where the machine face curves inward (that my finger
can get even closer to the drive mechanism) otherwise I can't get
the disk to drop into position.  My friend's LCIII does the same and
so does my nephew's LC475.  There is no movement on the part of the Mac
to pull the disk inward.  If I stop just before the disk drops, the disk
is virtually in the machine but still hasn't dropped into position.  It
sure doesn't look like auto-anything at this point.  Must be a PowerPC
thing.

>                  Re: Using a Mac to make IIgs bootable disks
>                                       
>   From: "Greg J. Buchner" <buchner@tcfreenet.org>
>
>> That makes the Mac pretty useless for this purpose.  I've never seen an
>> auto insert drive nad I've used 512, Plus, Classic, Classic II, LCII, Mac
>> II plus a few others.
>
>It's not auto insert, it's auto inject...don't know for certain about the
>512, but every other machine listed should be auto inject, as are the
>Apple Unidisk 3.5 and the Apple 3.5 drive used with the IIgs.  I seem to
>think that the IIc+ is also auto inject.
>
>Auto inject is a Sony patented extra for 3.5" drives that pulls a floppy
>into the drive once it gets past a certain point.  A lot more elegant
>than sticking your finger into the drive to make sure the disk seats
>itself.  Apple stopped using these drive (which did the 800K in hardware)
>and switched to cheaper drives when everyone was complaining about the
>replacement cost of drive from Apple.  Then people started complaining
>about the new drive (which controls the drive to get 800K via softare).