Mini CD drives on notebooks?

[gwalchmai]

Are y'all aware of any notebooks that have drives which will only read Mini CDs? I just got a request from an employee who says his client can only read Minis. I've not seen any PC setup this way. Seems that a full size CD drive isn't that large.

[greenlead]

Some sortof special Iomega drive, perhaps???

[Toyman]

I've never heard of one before. Perhaps he's using a camera that uses Mini-CD's as a drive via USB? I would ask more questions of him.

Is the real issue here whether you want to purchase/provide these CD's to the employee?

[gwalchmai]

Originally posted by Toyman
I've never heard of one before. Perhaps he's using a camera that uses Mini-CD's as a drive via USB? I would ask more questions of him. Yep, I plan to.

Is the real issue here whether you want to purchase/provide these CD's to the employee? No. The cost is trivial and we can burn the Minis in a regular CDRW. I was just curious as to whether any notebook vendor would make such a limiting configuration. Software installs would be a real trip.

[Washington,D.C.]

When mini CD's first came out there were some mini CD only drvices.Most of these unique drives were discontinued in 2002.

[Washington,D.C.]

Being a notebook I would guess it might be a Sony.

[Washington,D.C.]

OOO Sony has a new external mini disk drive now they are pushing for notebooks.It burns and plays MD's to 1gig and mini CD's to 305Mb.

[gwalchmai]

Originally posted by Washington,D.C.
OOO Sony has a new external mini disk drive now they are pushing for notebooks.It burns and plays MD's to 1gig and mini CD's to 305Mb. Do you have a link to this?

[fastvfr]

http://www.digitalcamera.jp/html/HotNews/image/2004-02/12/org/sony-cdr-2.jpg

http://news.sel.sony.com/pressrelease/5466

[Washington,D.C.]

http://www.dansdata.com/xitel.htm

[Washington,D.C.]

http://www.techjapan.com/Article964.html