Yes, I've noticed that some drives have a small triangle-like thingies on
their drawers that can be positioned to extend into the disk-holding area,
probably to keep the disk in place. Some drives do not have them, so the
disk will probably fall out.

<> Max Timchenko [MaxVT]
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On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Carroll Grigsby wrote:

> This isn't going to be much help, but at least I can tell you that there is
> such a thing. My new at-work PC is a Compaq workstation (AP200?).  According
> to the manual, the case (a desktop) can be set on its side if an attachment
> to keep the CD seated in the drive is purchased. To be honest, I can't
> remember whether the drive is a standard "cup-holder" type, or if it is a
> Compaq proprietary configuration. I'll check it tomorrow.
>
> > I am building a series of servers and they require IDE cd rom
> > drives.  These drives must be mounted in the front of the box
> > sideways.
> >
> > The drives I intended to use will not run in this configuration,
> > erroring out unless I tip the case on the side.  This is not
> > acceptable.

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