Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #00623
To: "Richard Piotter" richfile@rconnect.com, "beam" beam@corp.sgi.com
From: Ian Bernstein ian@beam-online.com
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 99 01:16:47 -0700
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Powerbook Disk drive
>I might as well mention that the Powerbook eject motor is an OMRON
>R2DG-B01-30.
>The physical dimentions are 20mm x 24mm x 10mm! Gear box and all! It has
>an open
>ended plastic gear with an extending cam to pull the eject button. The end
>has
>an actual area of exposed teeth from the cam gear, and it has a central
>mounting
>hole, with two holes for "notches". Simple design, I guess!
You've got the crappy kind :-( They use worm drive and are EXTREMELY easy
to strip so be careful with it. I've striped 3 already. The good ones are
larger and are great. I used a couple in "Mantis".
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