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I've seen this term used a lot lately in reference to DVD-rom, DVD+/-RW, CD-RW drives etc...
http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article1.asp?datePublish=2003/06/18&pages=15&seq=78

I've seen articles say they fit in internal 5.25" drives. Can two of these drives fit in a regular slot?

A half-hight drive is an old term for a normal 5.25 inch drive such as the LTR-48125W.

When I read it today it made me wonder why the term hasn't died yet...

Hard to believe something like the history of 5.25" drives is already lost in the mists of time.

The original 5.25" floppy drives, which I believe were the genesis of the 5.25" drive bay, were twice as high as what is now the norm:

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/com ... st=1&c=571
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/com ... st=1&c=274
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/com ... ?st=1&c=18

Thus, what we now consider the norm is called a half-height drive because it is half the height of the original, making the confusing answer to your question be: yes, two of these can fit in a regular 5.25" drive bay. But, that is based on a "regular" bay being the original size of 5.25" drive bays.

The answer you really want is that a half-height drive is the current "normal" size, and only one will fit in a current "regular" slot.

cfitz

dang, cfitz, those are some old computers!

my Apple IIe already had half hight 5.25" drives.

Yeah, they are, at least in computer time...

Here is my first computer:
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/com ... st=1&c=813

And its insides:
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/com ... st=1&c=860

cfitz