I bought an external DVD drive for my daughter's G3 iMac some years ago, a Sony drive for a bit over $100. I've had good luck with Other World Computing. http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/optical-drives/superdrives/
Tom On Mar 2, 2009, at 4:58 PM, Cyrus wrote: > > Yes to both, you can definitely put a DVD drive into the iMac, (We put > one into my brother's Slot loading iMac) and yes OS9 supports DVD's > and DVD playback. You can get the utility DVD player as an OS9 > application. Yes, Tiger was only released on DVD, so you'll need a DVD > drive or another Mac to install Tiger on it. I have never heard of an > external DVD drive, but such a thing must exist somewhere. Here is an > item on eBay that fits the bill, just so you can get an idea of what > you're looking for: > http://cgi.ebay.com/Apple-678T0190-Slot-4x-DVD-ROM-Drive-for-iMac-SR-8184-B_W0QQitemZ320338036871QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCC_Drives_Storage_Internal?hash=item320338036871&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 > > Hope that helps! I've never seen a Flower Power iMac, but I agree the > G3 iMacs do make nice media machines, and they're still great for > email/internet. > > -Cyrus > > > > On Mar 2, 10:51 am, warhelmet <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> New to group. >> >> I've recently acquired a Flower Power G3 iMac, but it's got a CD >> thingy rather than a DVD thingy. I'm going to do various things to >> upgrade it. The fact that it is fanless & has a CRT makes it ideal >> for >> light media duties in, say, a bedroom. I really do prefer to watch >> video on a CRT. Historically, most video was shot for CRT output. >> >> Does anyone have recent experience of swapping the cd thingy for a >> modern slot loading DVD drive? Can it be done? And will OS9 recognise >> a modern device as a DVD-ROM? I want to upgrade to Tiger at some >> point >> - doesn't it generally come on a DVD? >> >> Or can I go the USB route for a DVD drive? I've got other devices >> that >> don't have an optical drive and an external USB DVD drive would be >> useful but I can live without - internal DVD drive in the iMac a much >> preferred solution. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
