Alright, got a high-quality picture of it running, using my good camera:
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I dismantled the external floppy, and got the mechanism to move, but it's still in need of major work. The head doesn't try to move, and the spindle doesn't seem to spin quite right. Not to mention the entire eject mechanism is still suffering from stickiness. Now it will inject a drive, but won't eject without holding the eject lever in the entire time. I did put a yellow disk blank/protector in to keep it safe until I get around to dismantling it again. It's in the photo just to 'look pretty'.
When I want a second floppy, I use an 800K drive.
I haven't gotten around to dismantling the mouse yet. Based on the rattle and the broken left/right, I'm guessing that the optical interrupter wheel has broken. If it's the same physical mechanism for that part as for the ADB mice, I'll probably sacrifice an ADB mouse to get the part. For now, it's also posing for the picture, the 'in use' mouse is off to the side (a Platinum-color version, although it is yellowed so it almost matches.)
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I dismantled the external floppy, and got the mechanism to move, but it's still in need of major work. The head doesn't try to move, and the spindle doesn't seem to spin quite right. Not to mention the entire eject mechanism is still suffering from stickiness. Now it will inject a drive, but won't eject without holding the eject lever in the entire time. I did put a yellow disk blank/protector in to keep it safe until I get around to dismantling it again. It's in the photo just to 'look pretty'.
When I want a second floppy, I use an 800K drive.I haven't gotten around to dismantling the mouse yet. Based on the rattle and the broken left/right, I'm guessing that the optical interrupter wheel has broken. If it's the same physical mechanism for that part as for the ADB mice, I'll probably sacrifice an ADB mouse to get the part. For now, it's also posing for the picture, the 'in use' mouse is off to the side (a Platinum-color version, although it is yellowed so it almost matches.)