2026-05-11 21:38 UTC
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@TechTangents@dialup.space 2026-05-11 21:40
But it gets weirder! This is the only 5.25in drive I have ever seen that is the same vertical size as a Sony OA-D3#V series drive! I have wondered about the origin of their size for a long time and was speculating it was a one-off. But clearly not!
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@chloeraccoon@mastodonapp.uk 2026-05-11 22:32
@TechTangents@dialup.space None standard height drives was a mess for a bit. At my school our BBCs had drives ranging from full height, though half height, to 1/3rd heights.. and some really horrible drives about 1.5cm tall. I think they were based on a toshiba mech. You put the disc in, pressed it home, and pressed an eject button at the upper left corner to lock it, which stuck out about .5cm. To eject it, you pressed the eject button again, it came back out the .5cm, and the disc was sprung out about 2cm from the drive (hitting your hand pressing the eject button, of course..). Horrible design, terrible read quality when loading software.. when we took a machine home for the holidays (parents were teachers) I would go from class room to class room to select a BBC to take away and avoiding any paired with that drive unit!