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"stiction". Well known in the Apple community in the ... late 80's/early 90's, IIRC? I want to say I remember some official Apple documentation saying to drop
by michaelcampbell 5y ago
"stiction". Well known in the Apple community in the ... late 80's/early 90's, IIRC? I want to say I remember some official Apple documentation saying to drop the machine from a few inches up in the air, but I may be misremembering.
- geoffpado 5y agoThis was supposedly true of the Apple III (https://www.techjunkie.com/apple-iii-drop/ https://www.techjunkie.com/apple-iii-drop/), but upon searching to find that link, it seems this story may be apocryphal: https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/12283/did-apple-really-advise-customers-to-lift-up-and-then-drop-their-computers https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/12283/did...