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Re: CD DRIVES. Flat or sideways?
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Robert Orin Charles Kilroy <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:
Tue, 7 Apr 1998 21:05:40 -0400
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Mick Fitzpatrick wrote:
>
> Is it possible to run my mini tower on the side (so it looks like a desktop
> and fits the gap in the table)?
>
> If it is OK will my normal CD & CD writer still work OK?

It depends on your hardware.  Some CD-ROM drive have either a tray or
little tabs that you manually turn to hold the CD in place.  I don't
know much about CD writers, but as touchy as I have heard they can be I
wouldn't run one on its side.

Just my thoughts,

Robert Kilroy
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