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Jope · 30 June 2007, 21:39

Where would you like pics taken?

The ports at the back are now surrounded by one wide rectangular hole in the plastic.. I just used wire cutters and a knife to remove some plastic.. (I don't have a dremel)

I purchased the optical drive this morning. 10 euro from the local recycling center.. I got one with a 44pin interface, so I don't have to buy a separate adapter board for it. There's a huge pile of old laptop CD mechanisms there, so I just had to dig around a bit. I don't know how fast it is .. probably around 4x-8x. Doesn't really matter.

Now I'm waiting for some 44pin IDE cables with three connectors.. I decided I can't be arsed to crimp them myself, so I bought a set of four off ebay.

The optical drive is probably going to be installed on the left hand side of the machine. I want to keep the floppy drive inside the case too.

30 June 2007, 21:39	#14
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,874	Where would you like pics taken? The ports at the back are now surrounded by one wide rectangular hole in the plastic.. I just used wire cutters and a knife to remove some plastic.. (I don't have a dremel) I purchased the optical drive this morning. 10 euro from the local recycling center.. I got one with a 44pin interface, so I don't have to buy a separate adapter board for it. There's a huge pile of old laptop CD mechanisms there, so I just had to dig around a bit. I don't know how fast it is .. probably around 4x-8x. Doesn't really matter. Now I'm waiting for some 44pin IDE cables with three connectors.. I decided I can't be arsed to crimp them myself, so I bought a set of four off ebay. The optical drive is probably going to be installed on the left hand side of the machine. I want to keep the floppy drive inside the case too. Last edited by Jope; 30 June 2007 at 21:56.