{"id":926,"date":"2023-05-16T10:29:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/?p=926"},"modified":"2023-05-16T10:29:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:29:31","slug":"refurbing-compact-macintosh-floppies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/2023\/05\/16\/refurbing-compact-macintosh-floppies\/","title":{"rendered":"Refurbing Compact Macintosh Floppies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sooner or later the floppies on these old macs are going to need a refurb, a cleaning or have the eject gear replaced. There are two really good videos about teardown, clean, fix and re-lube avaiable they are listed below. If you are going to do this have some proper lube ready to ensure the floppy stays good for another fourty years.<\/p>\n<p>I had a Mac 512k and and SE to fix this time, both went well and both floppies worked and ejected fine after the teardown and refurbs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0pGhwtyFG2I\">Adrian&#8217;s Digital Basement<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Se10T6gPl-c\">JDW&#8217;s Video<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dillernet.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4966.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 4966\" title=\"IMG_4966.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dillernet.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4967.jpeg?resize=599%2C396&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 4967\" title=\"IMG_4967.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"599\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dillernet.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4969.jpeg?resize=598%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 4969\" title=\"IMG_4969.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"598\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dillernet.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4971.jpeg?resize=599%2C383&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 4971\" title=\"IMG_4971.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"599\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dillernet.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4973.jpeg?resize=599%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 4973\" title=\"IMG_4973.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"599\" height=\"337\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dillernet.com\/apple\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_4975.jpeg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG 4975\" title=\"IMG_4975.jpeg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sooner or later the floppies on these old macs are going to need a refurb, a cleaning or have the eject gear replaced. There are two really good videos about teardown, clean, fix and re-lube avaiable they are listed below. If you are going to do this have some proper lube ready to ensure the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apple"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3PE01-eW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":594,"url":"https:\/\/dillernet.com\/apple\/2018\/03\/08\/amiga-500-2018-uplift-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":926,"position":0},"title":"Amiga 500 2018 Uplift Project","author":"dillera","date":"March 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've started a project to pull my Amiga 500 out of the attic where it's been for 18 years and try to use it again for fun (with the floppies that I've also saved for years) and to try and get it on the Internet. 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