Re: Mitsubishi MF355F on IIgs - problems

["Lee Cremeans" <lee@lcremeans.homeip.net>]

"vector" <abuse@aol.com> wrote in message
news:Xns933DC6B2F7C5C04659DC714424035B979@216.166.71.230...
> I've bought a couple Mitsubishi 3.5" manual-inject floppy drives, model
> MF355F-3520MA, the kind used in Starmax computers and some new Macs, to
> experiment with my IIgs.  I opened an external 800K Apple 3.5" drive and
> swapped out the drives.  My results were disappointing.
>
> If I insert an 800K ProDOS-formatted floppy, GS/OS will recognize that a
> disk was inserted and allow me to browse it and read files from it.  Under
> no circumstance, however, can I get the disk to eject properly.  It wasn't
> too surprising to find out that the eject button didn't work, but the
> Finder menu option "Eject" didn't work either.  In both cases, the result
> is an endless cycle where the drive activity light burns solid red for a
> long time, then blinks off - repeat loop.  This doesn't actually LOCK the
> computer, but the mouse is VERY slow to respond.  The only fix is to cycle
> the computer's power off and on.