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    Ttpilot replied to the thread 1.4mb floppy ejection.
    Yes, I also swapped out the SWIM chip. As to altering the head alignment, I don’t think I did. I’ll be repeating the process on the...
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    Ttpilot replied to the thread 1.4mb floppy ejection.
    The machine is an SE, but I swapped the ROMs and drive from an SE FDHD. When I got the FDHD I used the hard drive and the floppy in my...
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    Ttpilot posted the thread 1.4mb floppy ejection in Compact Mac.
    Hi all, unlike the usual problem of disks not ejecting, my SE is ejecting floppies as soon as they’re inserted. The drive snaps it in...
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    Ttpilot replied to the thread Stuck Miniscribe.
    I installed a SCSI Blue, which works fine. I'm hunting for one of the brackets which would mount it to the expansion slot in the back of...
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    Ttpilot replied to the thread Stuck Miniscribe.
    No luck. I don’t think the motors are getting power
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    Ttpilot replied to the thread Stuck Miniscribe.
    Follow up: I hooked the LED to the drive and tried to power it up. It would not spin up, and the stepper motor didn’t do anything...
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    Ttpilot replied to the thread Stuck Miniscribe.
    Yup. I was able to rotate the spindle flywheel with no trouble, so I’m assuming the heads are free (or torn off already lol). I’ll...
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    Ttpilot replied to the thread Stuck Miniscribe.
    Thanks, this helps a lot. I hadn’t run across this video when I searched
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    Ttpilot replied to the thread Stuck Miniscribe.
    I plugged into power from a pc (the SE is still disassembled) but it wouldn’t spin up. I just wondered if it needs to also be plugged...
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    Ttpilot posted the thread Stuck Miniscribe in Compact Mac.
    Hello. Dumb question: I picked up a Mac SE recently. At the moment I’m working overhauling the floppy drive, but the Miniscribe 8425SA...
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