Saw this tower at a flea market and I'm wondering what's installed above the 5.25" floppy drive. Does anyone know?
Hard drive most likely, I had one similar to this, the front bezel was just for venting.
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Thanks!
It's a 5.25" HDD. That's what they looked like.
HDD tray with external fan, I had one just like this.
I see. Thanks!
iirc theres an scsi drive in my basement that kinda looks like that
That's what I was thinking. Could be that or a tray for an internal ATA drive.
yea that too
That's how it speaks to you, like KITT from Knight Rider.
It's a 5.25" slot cover, duh! You've got three of them.
(Plus a hard drive with a vent, a 3.5-to-5.25" floppy adapter/bay drive, and a 5.25" floppy drive)
Looks like a hard drive to me. All my hard drives used to look like that except with a black faceplate.
Rain.
Sitting on the 5.25" of the bay
watching the drives roll away
Ooo, I'm just sittin' on the 5.25" of the bay
Wastin' time
Aftermarket hard drive maybe?
I think this whole rig is aftermarket. Happy times