On Sunday 28 February 2010 09:39:17 RWM wrote: > STeve Andre' wrote: > On Sunday 28 February 2010 02:13:32 David Reid wrote: > > Greetings All, > > Anyone know if/how I could mod the CD/DVD ultra bay drive from my now > deceased T60 so I could use it as an external drive with a Netbook and USB > interface? > > Dave > > > Sure. I had a friend get one from me and do just this. He wasted several > days getting the interface to work; he made an ultrabay <---> usb > interface and finally got it working. > > ....And for $19.99 you can get a basic unit from Newegg, and save a lot > of time. > > I'd go for the latter. > > --STeve Andre' > > > > Yebbut, what's the fun in instant gratification? > > ;-)
Oh, absolutely! The thrill of fixing a 128M flash drive was really cool, till I realized that I'd spend enough in time and parts to buy a 1G stick. I do electronics for fun; the question arises of when doing something geeky gets in the way of some other hobby type thing. ;-) --STeve Andre' _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
