Does anyone know what makes floppy drives go bad? (Sounds like a Dateline story.)
Up until recently, I've never had a problem with one of these drives that wasn't solved with just a thorough cleaning. But I've got at least two drives here on older systems (a IIcx and a Q700) that won't read disks (though they spin and the head moves), and another that works fine except that the eject motor seems to wimp out when trying to spit out the disk. These are all high-density drives, of course. Oddly, all my really old 800k drives are still working fine. And in the case of the Quadra, that computer was in daily use up until a little over a year ago, and the floppy drive worked fine then. Any suggestions on how to proceed would be greatly appreciated. -- Michael P.S. If anyone is interested in any of these systems or drives, drop me a line. I'm just cleaning them up and testing them before putting them on the swap list. -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
