Re: Broken Unidisk 3.5" drive?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Rodney Hester wrote:

>I have received a used Unidisk 3.5" drive and am having a bit of trouble
>with it.  Hooking it up to my GS, the drive is detected (as GS/OS complained
>much about the lack of an installed Unidisk driver ;), "clicks" regularly
>(once at the desktop), and seems to be outwardly working normally.
>
>However, inserting a disk is a little too...easy.  There's no click, no
>obvious indication that the disk has been inserted (including not being
>recognized at all by GS/OS), and the eject button seems to have no function.
>The best way to remove the floppy seems to be with tweezers.  :P

<snip>

Tweezers shouldn't be able to remove a properly seated disk.

When you slide a disk into the drive, it should be pushed in until
it makes a recognizable "thunk" as the mechanism moves into its
operating position.  The disk is then locked in the drive until the
eject mechanism is operated either by the eject motor or by the
mechanical force of a large (straightened) paper clip pushed into
the hole near (in?) the eject button.

As soon as the disk is in position, GS/OS will read it's volume ID
if the drive is working.  Normally, depressing the eject button will
do just what you expect.  (Of course, if the disk is not fully inserted,
then the eject button will do nothing.)

-michael

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