1/2 height 5.25" floppy drives

[David Griffith]

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008, Curtis H. Wilbar Jr. wrote:

> David Griffith wrote:
> > 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 remember 5.25"/3.5" combo drives that were like that for the 5.25" side.
> > They were made by Teac, I think.
>
> Anybody know if a 3.5" 5.25" HH combo drive was made in DD
> format (vs HD).  I have 2 or 3 combo drives... all HD.  Wonder
> if these came out late enough that there never was a DD version.

Or if there was simply a slimline DD format 5.25" that could be shoehorned
into an existing HD model.  I'd go for it too.

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David Griffith
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