At 11:11 -0400 on 19/09/01, Amber Rhea wrote:
>on 9/19/01 9:23 AM, (Vintage Macs) at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>>> Anyone aware of any of these? I've been thinking that, while it is a
>>> terrible waste of money, I might be interested in trying to modify an LC
>>> class Mac with a slot loading CD in place of the floppy drive. I thought
>>> that it might pass on a quick inspection as an original, but then you
>>>get to
>>> freak people out when you toss in a CD.
>>
>> If you are thinking of putting a CD-ROM in the LC case *along with*
>> the LC, forget it. Not enough room. The CD-ROM is much deeper and
>> wider than a floppy. If you removed the speaker and the fan, and
>> relocated the PSU, it might fit, but uh, where are you gonna relocate
>> the PSU to? :)
>
>I don't know how big the slot-loading (a la iMac) CD-ROM drives are, but
IDE. :(
>what if you got a laptop CD-ROM drive? That would fit...
Any laptop-style CD-ROM drives made with a slot-loading mechanism are gonna
be either IDE or some proprietary interface too :(
p
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