On Oct 21, 8:25 am, Reavok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Slot loading G3 iMacs have an optical drive configuration that is certainly > thicker than any optical drive for any laptop I have ever seen. It's a > unique and custom configuration, just as the first tiBooks had a custom > config (only lots thinner). So what I have been driving at, is where to get > a superdrive like that that is not $150 (at MCE)? I can guarantee that no > stock config laptop drive will do the trick. If you tell me eBay, tell me > the make and model number please, because every auction I have ever seen is > for a standard laptop config that will NOT do the trick, as is, in a > slot-loading iMac G3. The other question then is are these slot loading > iMac G3 optical drives somehow mounted in a casing that will allow a > standard laptop optical drive to be transferred in, and if so, HOW, because > after just pulling one out it sure doesn't seem obvious as to how. > > > Date: Sun, Oct 19 2008 5:57 pm > > From: SoloSalsa > > > On Oct 19, 4:25 pm, Reavok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hmm, is it really the same? Remember, this is for an iMac G3. The drives > >> in there are certainly not slim line, but in some kind of very thick > >> housing. Can the slim line be placed in that housing? > > > I do not know about the later G3s, but I have an original Bondi Rev A, > > 233MHz. It has a 3.5" hard disk, and a slim tray CD drive. > > Are you talking about an external one? The first G3 iMacs certainly > > did have slim optical drives.
You are probably out of luck. Slot loading drives have never been common, and, as far I know, have no standard design. Most slim tray drives are externally identical and interchangeable, so it is easy to find a replacement for the first few iMac models. But Apple is the only name I know that primarily uses slot drives, and I do not know if the drives in various models are compatible. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
