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Posted by: hoopin4you on 2015-05-18 19:37:00
Howdy from Texas. [😀] ]'> I was given a Macintosh 128K & Apple ImageWriter I by one of my clients a few years ago and just got around to booting it up. Unfortunately, neither the built-in floppy nor the external floppy will take a disk. Is there a way to fix them? I read online about lubing the mechanism, but didn't get much info on how/where to lube them.
TIA.
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Posted by: 3583Bytes on 2015-05-18 21:28:47
Yes I fixed mine with lube, just don't over do it
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Posted by: hoopin4you on 2015-05-18 21:34:14
Well, I tore open the external floppy disk tonight and got the mechanism unstuck by using small dabs of WD-40. I have to hold the eject button open to insert/eject disks, but at least it's reading them. I'll tear open the Mac itself and pull out its disk drive and see what I can do. Need to get it lubed enough where the auto eject will work.
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Posted by: 3583Bytes on 2015-05-18 22:25:11
When I was doing it I found a tutorial online on how to do it and where to apply the lube. I can't remember the address but if you google it you may be able to find it.
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