17 Jun
2009
17 Jun
'09
7:38 p.m.
David Griffith wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jun 2009, Brian Lanning wrote:
I've seen 8" drives like that; I'm not sure if there was any reasoning behind
it (possibly other than the original designer either being in a hurry or fresh
out of college), but it looks like they simply took the 8" variant and washed
it until it shrunk enough to take 5.25" media ;)
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-VINTAGE-EXTERNAL-5-25-FLOPPY-DRIVES_W0QQitemZ20035377…
One looks like the single sided floppy drives that came with the 5150.
The other looks like it's from another planet. I originally though
it was a QIC tape drive, but the shot inside the drive opening shows
the slots along the side to hold the floppy disks.
I sold one of these back in April. Here's the old auction page:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330321345663