On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:07:38 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> On 11/09/2011 06:35 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 10:04:14 +0100, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>
>>> The size was standardised. That's why all tray-load CD drives have 2
>>> wells, one at 120mm and another at 80mm. A disk any other size
>>> wouldn't fit into the smaller well properly.
>>
>> Well, Dr. Wikipedia disagrees with you.
>>
>> ;)
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_cd
> 
> "Since the mid 1990s, all tray loading players have wells for the CD3."
> 
> 
> 
> Unless you're saying it wasn't standardised, in which case
> 
> "When Mini CDs were first introduced in the United States, they were
> initially marketed as CD3, in reference to their approximate size in
> inches; larger CDs were called CD5, despite the fact that both CD
> specifications are defined solely in terms of metric units."
> 
> The phrase "both CD specifications" seems to indicate that there's an
> official specification for the mini-CD standard.

I guess it wasn't Dr. Wikipedia, now where *did* I see that....?

Ah, yes, the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc

Jim

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