25 Sep
2008
25 Sep
'08
6:52 p.m.
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Jules Richardson wrote:
Now who was it that did those slimline 5.25"
drives (slightly less than 1/2
height) with the eject button (rather than handle) on the front? My brain's
trying to tell me those are BASF too*, but I could be wrong. I know I have
some in storage back in the UK, and they're not very reliable either.
* Although maybe they're Epson; the system manufacturer that they came from
were as fond of Epson as they were BASF...
There were quite a few.
But, the first 1/3 height 5.25" drive(s) that I saw was a 2/3 height Canon
720K DOUBLE drive (two disk slots in one drive) It had button eject. The
early ones, with ONE stepper were really neat for duplicating disks IFF
you wrote software for them. Using software that was unaware of the
nature of the drive made for a helluva lot of recalibrating seeks.