On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
> The Tandon mechanisms look like the original IBM PC drives (or a little
> like Apple Disk IIs). The Micropolis drives have a strange mechanism
> where you insert a disk and then press down a lever at the front of the
> drive. It locks in the 'down' position. To get the disk out again, you
> press the lever again, whereupon in springs back to the original
> position. Then lift the lever slightly and the disk will spring out.
>
> In my (limited) experience, most 8050s seem to have Micropolis mechanisms.
My drive has the latter model (Micropolis).
Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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