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800K drive stuck in eject loop at power up

68kMLA 68k 3 posts Apr 3, 2015 to Apr 3, 2015

#1 Fri, 3 Apr 2015 - 22:59 68kMLA

I scored an SE with a dead power supply for $20 bucks. I figured I could pull the floppy out of it and put it in my Mac Plus that needs one. However, when I power up the Plus, the floppy drive just gets stuck in an eject loop.

It's a Sony MP-F51W-23 800K drive, so it should work in the Plus. Anyone know what failure mode this suggests?

#2 Fri, 3 Apr 2015 - 23:58 68kMLA

I think you need a yellow striped cable for it to work on the Plus.

You can also cut one or two lines, but I don't know which ones.

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#3 Fri, 3 Apr 2015 - 23:59 68kMLA

Ah never mind. I put in in another SE and it doesn't read.