[rescue] Partial success

[Robert Darlington]

No!  The tray should positively retain the disc.  Just like the drives
in a laptop.  I agree it's silly to do it upside down, but I also
think putting ancient and obsolete hardware into daily use is equally
silly!

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net> wrote:
>>From: Mike Hebel <nimitz at nimitzbrood.com>
>>Date: 2008/06/24 Tue AM 10:40:47 EDT
>>To: The Rescue List <rescue at sunhelp.org>
>>Subject: Re: [rescue] Partial success
>
> <snip>
>
>>>> Well, in that case, just put it in upside down :-)
>>>
>>> Won't fit the bracket that way.  Plus, slim optical drives tend not to
>>> have clips to hold the disk in when used in unusual orientations like,
>>> say, upside down.  ;)
>>
>>No...they (99%) have spring-loaded retaining bearings/clips on the central
>>spindle.  They hold the disc in any orientation.  I don't think I've ever
>>seen one without them.
>
> But the issue is you'd have to hold the disc in-place as the drive tray retracts - sub-optimal for nearly all conveivable terrestial applications...
>
> Lionel
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