NeXTcube 040 Internal CD ROM drive.

Started by brams, December 31, 2005, 03:41:50 AM

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brams

December 31, 2005, 03:41:50 AM
I trawled through comp.sys.next.hardware looking to find info on fitting an internal CD ROM drive.

It seems that the best bet are the old caddy type drives. As these are getting on a bit and a bit on the slow side, is there a late type of drive that is know to work, perhaps slot loading?

I do have two NeXT CDU 541 External CD ROM drives and could rob one of them to fit in place of the optical, but would prefer to keep them as is if I can.  

Something not too fast would be nice, 8 or 12 speed.

I do not want to have to hack or modify the cube in case I want to put the optical back in at sometime in the future.

Has anybody done this who can recommend a suitable drive, pref with black face plate?
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Andreas

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January 03, 2006, 02:29:01 PM
Quote from: "brams"I trawled through comp.sys.next.hardware looking to find info on fitting an internal CD ROM drive.

It seems that the best bet are the old caddy type drives.

In my opinion best are the slot in drives, they are also avail as DVD-ROM.

brams

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January 03, 2006, 03:22:24 PM
That Andreas, is exactly what I want, what make and model of drive is that?

You even got the hole for the eject paper clip thingy visible, cool, that will come in handy no doubt when I get a disc stuck.

Thanks
brams
NeXTcube Turbo Dimension, NeXTstation Turbo Color, MP2100, Q840av, Q650, WS G4 500, Pismo G4 550, SGI Octane R12K MXE, BeBox 133.

Andreas

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January 03, 2006, 03:48:42 PM
Quote from: "brams"That Andreas, is exactly what I want, what make and model of drive is that?

I have all the Pioneer drives working, a CD-ROM DR-506S and DVD-ROMs, f.e. DVD-302 and DVD-303.
The front is removed and painted black with an water soluble spray.

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You even got the hole for the eject paper clip thingy visible, cool, that will come in handy no doubt when I get a disc stuck.

I haven't take care about that, the holes from the OD are in the right position :-)

gtnicol

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February 24, 2006, 09:58:58 PM
FWIW. I do have one cube that has a NeXT CDROM inside it. Of course, it fits perfectly.

brams

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February 24, 2006, 10:12:11 PM
Hi thanks

Yes I have two NeXT drives a could take one apart if needed, however they are painfully slow at X1 speed.  AFAIK the CDU 3003 that Apple used like the one in my 840av is 2X speed and not much better.

I think a slot loader is the way to go, what's the best thing to paint them with, model airplane spray paint?
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blackcube

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February 26, 2006, 10:49:09 AM
Quote from: "brams"Hi thanks

Yes I have two NeXT drives a could take one apart if needed, however they are painfully slow at X1 speed.  AFAIK the CDU 3003 that Apple used like the one in my 840av is 2X speed and not much better.

I think a slot loader is the way to go, what's the best thing to paint them with, model airplane spray paint?

I use Plastikote Vinyl Dye from the auto parts stores.  It's a trick I picked up from the case modder crowd.

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TristinAEvans

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September 25, 2023, 11:22:10 AM
Quote from: brams on February 24, 2006, 10:12:11 PMHi thanks

Yes I have two NeXT drives a could take one apart if needed, however they are painfully slow at X1 speed.  AFAIK the CDU 3003 that Apple used like the one in my 840av is 2X speed and not much better.

I think a slot loader is the way to go, what's the best thing to paint them with, model airplane spray paint?

Would you happen to have any spare SCSI cables?
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