30 Sep
2008
30 Sep
'08
11:19 p.m.
Quoting "Roy J. Tellason" <rtellason at verizon.net>:
On Friday 26 September 2008 12:37, David Griffith
wrote:
I remember 5.25"/3.5" combo drives that were like that for the 5.25"
side.
They were made by Teac, I think.
Epson SD700. I've got one in my spare
parts bin.
bs
On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Bryan Pope wrote:
> And thusly were the wise words spake by Jules Richardson
>
> > 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.
I remember using Compaq computers that had floppy drives matching
your description. I may even have one or two of those. And some of
those 3.5" drives that
would
mount directly into a 5.25" bay...
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