G3 PowerBook CD bus

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G3 PowerBook CD bus

Hi all.

Im trying to put a G3 PowerBook Firewire, in to a 1U rack box, but my CD/DVD module of bust. Can any one tell me what the bus is that the module runs on and can I get a different CD drive to run off it.

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it's IDE/ATAPI

it's IDE/ATAPI

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any slim ATAPI optical . . .

will fit your old CD/DVD drive's sled, which you'll need to physically interface to the MLB's EBM connector. Well, not any slim optical, but almost any, and certainly just about anything made within the last few years.

see my EBM hacks page.

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Perfect thats just what I nee

Perfect thats just what I needed to know, thanks.

Now all I need to find is a slim ATAPI cable, any one seen one for these?

Ketil b

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re: Perfect thats just what I nee

Now all I need to find is a slim ATAPI cable, any one seen one for these?

I have never seen such a beast, though I'm intrigued by the idea.

dan k

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