[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Imagewriter won't stay SELECTed
- Subject: Re: Imagewriter won't stay SELECTed
- From: "Sean Fahey" <a2fan@hotmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 19:42:57 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: SBC http://yahoo.sbc.com
- References: <4360e7d8$0$21956$9b4e6d93@newsread2.arcor-online.net> <3-ednbpuWc-UtPzeRVn-jg@comcast.com> <43626d55$0$28814$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com>
- Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:6373
"Scott Alfter" <salfter@salfter.diespammersdie.dyndns.org> wrote in message
news:43626d55$0$28814$9a6e19ea@news.newshosting.com...
> It's a magnetic interlock...on the left side, IIRC, under a round
protrusion
> (of sorts). If the magnet fell out of the lid and got lost someplace, the
> printer won't work. Holding a magnet of some sort (like a fridge magnet
or
> the magnet on the back of a speaker) over the reed switch should allow the
> printer to go back online.
I suppose Apple engineers designed it that way because it was the most
attractive solution at the time.