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19 January 2009, 19:43
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Will this slim CD drive work?
All I have is this picture:
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19 January 2009, 20:38
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19 January 2009, 23:25
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Maybe....
That backplate has a 50-pin connector, so it's a most likely to be a SCSI drive; is that what you need for your project? Has it come from an Apple machine? Thinking about it, it could also be a from a Compaq machine, as they used 50 pin connectors which were IDE plus power and audio, all on the same ribbon cable. It may be possible to change it to a 40-pin IDE connector, as long as there is a JAE connector behind the backplate. Do you know the make and model of the drive? |
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19 January 2009, 23:37
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 .This will only work as you say, if it has a JAE connector. |
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19 January 2009, 23:39
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so sorry for hijacking this thread.But was thinking same earlier,i have 2 old internal pc drives*well used to be internal lol*.They are ide drives.could i just run a ribbon from A1200 pcmia slot n plug it into the cd drive?.
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19 January 2009, 23:55
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That drive looks alot like a slotloader I pulled out of an old iMac. Mine was IDE, standard JAE connector behind the 50 pin adapter board.
Issue, though, the connector was either on the wrong side or upside down (I forget which) so I had to hook up the adapter I got from eBay the other way around. Hung off the drive a couple of inches. Looking closely, seems there's an Apple on it. Might give you the same kind of trouble. |
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20 January 2009, 00:12
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Other option is to buy a 4 way ide interface and connect it that way. |
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20 January 2009, 09:15
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20 January 2009, 21:07
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Should be IDE. Do you guys think I could use it, then? it's very cheap, and I'd get two. One could be for someone else
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20 January 2009, 21:56
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Okerly Dokerly, put me down for the other one please, I quite fancy a slot loading A600...
Thanks. Let me know the damage via PM and I will square up with you. To correctly identify that drive with next to nothing to go on. We iz all da l33tn3ss ya know.... M |
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20 January 2009, 22:06
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I'll mesage you man, but I am in the US? Shipipng will be a bit of a shithead...
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20 January 2009, 23:35
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Erm, I hadn't considered that. If the postage is going to be a killer, I'll leave it.
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