29 Jan
2012
29 Jan
'12
9:01 p.m.
On Jan 29, 2012, at 3:33 PM, Win Heagy wrote:
I allowed the case to sit overnight, and when I tried
it again today, it
came apart much easier...about like I expected. The floppy mechanism was
definitely gummed up. It didn't appear to be damaged so I lubed it and
reassembled and it works great again. Thanks for the info.
Great to know! I have a 128K (which, early on in its life, my uncle modified to 1MB, so
it's alternately a Mac 1024K or a "Mac Minus", because it's still not
quite Mac Plus ROMs). It has a similarly finicky floppy (though the external 800K works
fine last I checked), so it'll be good to clean it. Gotta find my old German extended
Torx driver, though; that was one of the finest hand tools I've owned.
- Dave