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Post #4 by equill
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryTroubleshooting
Post DateFri, 19 Sep 2008 - 21:03
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/mac-plus-external-drive-problem.14915/
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Your problem is a little easier to grasp, now. You need not apologize for your English because it was the scope of the problem that was not clear.

If your M0131 is like mine, there is a circular hole in the body of the drive's enclosure at the right-hand end of the slot for insertion of a diskette. Manual ejection of diskettes is to be achieved by inserting a straightened paperclip into that hole, and then pressing with the clip until that same piece of metal moves inwards to raise and eject the diskette. This is preferably done while the Mac is switched off. It reads as if you identified the correct lever, but did not know how to activate it manually.

If at present, when you try to eject a floppy diskette using software control of the disk drive, the diskette is not ejected, it may be because you have confused the drive by trying to eject a diskette while the Mac was active. See whether you can eject the diskette with a paperclip before you start up the Plus. If that is successful, then try to eject a diskette again with the software while the Plus is booted. If that fails, the drive may be damaged.

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