Ok, a few pics of my new drive for your general amusement....
http://home.iprimus.com.au/novacoder..._CDROM 001.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/novacoder..._CDROM 003.jpg
http://home.iprimus.com.au/novacoder..._CDROM 004.jpg
It seems to work ok (I was a bit worried that it might explode when I first powered it up, but so far so good
). I can't really work out where to plug the PCMCIA card thingy into my PC though, maybe I don't have the correct slot?