Charles,
To the right of the floppy slot, just beneath the actual slot is a tiny hole.
Take a paper clip and straighten it. Push the paper clip into this hole until
you meet some resistance, almost as if a spring is pushing against the
paperclip.
Push the paperclip against this resistance firmly but not quickly and the disk
will eject.
This is the eject button for the Mac floppy drives.
If you are wary of this method, you can also remove the lid of the Quadra and
have a look for yourself. There should be a small panel that moves in the lower
right hand corner of the floppy unit at the front. pressing this will eject the
disk manually.
Since the disk has not ejected, there are a few possible reasons.
The drive lubrication has dried up over the years and it more like glue than
grease.
The floppy metal shutter has become jammed.
In either case, you will need to pop off the lid and access the drive directly.
Hope this helps,
Keith
On Friday, 8 May 2015, 23:38, Charles Hudson <[email protected]> wrote:
Mac Quadra 650 being refurbished: I got some Hayes SmartFax software on
floppy disk partly in order to test the floppy drive. I inserted the 1.4
floppy into the drive, and the OS 8 recognized the disk, created an icon on the
desktop and opened a window so I could see the contents (an installer and a
readme file). There was no "access" light coming from the drive itself.
Installation was unsuccessful, but that's another issue. When I tried to eject
the disk (from the Special menu, with the disk icon selected) OS 8 ground the
gears in the drive, removed the icon from the desktop, then ground some more
and replaced it. The floppy did not eject.
I tried shutting down the machine, but again the floppy remained inside the
drive. After an Internet search I found a posting suggesting using a paperclip
inserted into the small hole below the drive. I tried that, with the machine
off, but could not dislodge the disk.
I'm not familiar with this style of drive; all the ones I've seen have an eject
button, so I'm wondering what to do. Dismantle, of course, but then what?
Thanks for your assistance,
Charles Hudson
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