Gdetrailer wrote:
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8088 computers introduced by IBM as the model 5150 (AKA IBM "PC" as in Personal Computer) in late 1981 would have had 8" FLOPPY drives or 5 1/4" FLOPPY DRIVES, huge difference since floppies required the head to touch the media and CDs use LASER LIGHT (hence the term of "optical" drive)..
I never saw 8" floppies used with an IBM PC but suppose it could have been possible that some company made an interface to accommodate that type of drive. 5 1/4" floppies were most commonly used with 8088 computers but the IBM PC (and XT) also had a cassette interface built-in.
CD ROM drives were first available around 1985 so it's certainly within the realm of possiblity that someone could have used a CD ROM drive with their 8088 computer.
