At 03:18 PM 7/12/2006, you wrote:
>I would make the same suggestion, Marty.
>Try removing entirely the metal shutter and its spring mecanism.
>
>I never had a problem of that sort with the Portadisc, but having
>experienced it several times with computer diskettes (often not mine), I
>am particularly attentive BEFORE inserting any MD in the recorder. Should=
>I see the metal shutter be only slightly more open than usual, I would not=
>insert the disk.
I certainly shall place my specs on and look more closely from now on. I
have no clue how the spreading ever got started. Merci, Dominique!
But I am baffled why would anyone ever design a drive, MD or computer, that=
had thin pieces of metal FACING IN at the out-coming shutter slide, so any=
slight bulge would be caught fish-hook-barb style? Wouldn't you have your=
drive metal all oriented so as to NEVER hook anything sticking out from a
MD, but rather press it safely back in toward the disc? Isn't that common
sense?
-- best regards, Marty Michener
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understands every note, if he also possesses a proper taste, more
thoroughly enjoy the whole, so he who examines each part of a fine view,
may also thoroughly comprehend the full and combined effect. Hence, a
traveler should be a botanist, for in all views plants form the chief
embellishment." Charles Darwin, The Voyage of the Beagle
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