5.25" drive identification

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Thu Apr 17 20:14:00 2003

  What about the ones that use a push button or pull latch located in the center? So much for "professionals".

   Joe


At 05:31 PM 4/17/03 -0700, you wrote:
>I have been told (by an IT professional, take that for what it's worth)
>that 5.25" 360K drives have the latch handle on the left side of the
>drive, and the 1.2M drives have it on the right side. All the drives
>I have in view right now, this is true.
>
>Anybody have a notion of whether this is absolutely true in fact?
>It sure would make sorting drives easier than trying them out on an
>old peecee! (Which actually needs to be done anyways, to test for
>functionality.)
Received on Thu Apr 17 2003 - 20:14:00 BST