mini disks?Forum: water cooler Topic: mini disks? started by: chibiace Posted by chibiace on Aug. 05 2004,17:08
well i have no idea what business size is lol. but theese look nice. now. how exacly would you use them :S in your normal cd drive? dodgy.....< Look Here >.< > Posted by dslfool on Aug. 05 2004,18:48
Tray-load CD drives usually have either a smaller circle in which the smaller 50MB CDs sit, or the CDs snap onto a spindle in the center of the tray (which has spring-loaded tabs to hold the CD). Slot-load drives (car CD players, later CRT iMacs, etc.), to my understanding, can not use 50MB or 180/210MB discs as they have neither tray nor spindle and can only "grab" a full-size disk.Most of the 50MB discs I've seen have rounded edges (like a circle with two sides cut off), but some are rectangles in the dimensions of a business card. If a rectangular disc is completely flat it can't sit in the smaller circle in a tray and would only work by snapping onto a spring-loaded spindle, but I believe most rectangular discs have a small curved ridge on the underside which fits in a tray's circular indentation. I notice that I have to be careful when I place a small CD (50MB or 180/210MB) into a tray, but other than that I've had no problems using smaller discs. Posted by dslfool on Aug. 05 2004,19:11
Sorry - I answered before I looked at the link in your message.These are 80mm 185MB CD-Rs - they hold more than the 50MB "business card" CDs, but they're larger (80mm circle rather than 80mm-by-60mm), so they won't fit in a wallet or pocket as easily. Re use, the same rules apply: they'll fit in the smaller circle in a CD tray or they'll snap onto a spindle, but they're too small for slot-load drives. I still find I need to be careful setting them in trays, but otherwise no problems. I use 50MB CDs for booting a plain DSL with no extensions, and I also use 210MB 80mm CDs (same physical size as the 185MB discs) to boot DSL with OpenOffice, FireFox, a few games and about 30 minures of MP3s. Having the extensions is nice, but I still enjoy the "coolness factor" of booting DSL from the smaller 50MB discs. Posted by chibiace on Aug. 05 2004,20:15
i'd have no idea where to buy them here in new zealand anyway. and i probably wouldnt be able to afford them
Posted by thesumis41666 on Aug. 06 2004,21:00
the dsl site has a link where you can get dsl pre loaded onto a business card cd for a small amount of money. i think that its under 10 dollars, it may be under five
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