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Was that the same mac that had an officially sanctioned maintenance drop of 5cm to combat socket creep?
That would be the Apple III
Wait you had to drop it 5 cm so it would knock something back into place?
I don't remember all the details, but that's the gist of it, yes.
A common problem with 80's computer designs was socket creep - thermal expansions and contractions would cause chips and cards to gradually climb out of their sockets and slots over time, and this was very prevalent on one of the macs of ye olden days.
The official response when asked about this issue was to lift the computer a few cm off the desk and drop it back down to let everything reseat properly.
EDIT: Thanks to @fury@lemmy.world for providing additional info. See his response for more detail
Hard drive pin that needed to return to home position for the machine to boot would stick. A small drop would allow the spring to push it back home, and the drive would return to function.
Got the same energy as "wrap your Xbox in a towel to let the heat resolder the broken connections".
We should really just let people open their own hardware to easily fix this stuff.
I know what all of those words are but I don't understand what this is referring to and I can't find anything in a web search. Can you elaborate?
The Apple III
https://www.techjunkie.com/apple-iii-drop/