Fwd: [CUBE] What type / part number SuperDrive is installed in the PowerBook?

[Thubten Kunga]

> Found it. I asked about this December 7th on AppleInsider and found 
> this out from someone somewhere but I can't attribute the source. It 
> must have been some else on this list. The link takes you to a 
> Japanese page with photographs of it.
>
> The DVD-R mechanism in the 1 GHz PowerBook is made by 
> Matsushita/Panasonic. The part number is allegedly Matshita DVD-R 
> UJ-815. You can see a picture of the drive mechanism at 
> http://www.zdnet.co.jp/news/0210/03/nj00_pdvd.html. This mechanism is 
> actually DVD-Multi, meaning that it can write to DVD-RAM as well as 
> DVD-R and DVD-RW media. From what I've heard, however, support for the 
> mechanisms DVD-RAM and DVD-RW capability does not currently exist in 
> OS 9 or OS X.
>
> Slot load SuperDrives are a new form factor that may have not reached 
> the OEM market yet. I don't know who makes them yet. Anyone else on 
> the list know the maker of the PowerBook slotload SuperDrives? Jenn's 
> got a great idea. Until her post, I hadn't even thought it could be 
> done. But now that she mentions it, why not? Just a matter of tracking 
> down a RAW source and finding it on PriceWatch.com. On the downside, 
> the ones used in the PowerBook are only 1x while the Pioneer DVR-105 
> tray loads are 4x. On the upside, 4x media is very expensive so far 
> while 1x media is dirt cheap. So it's a time/money tradeoff to burn 
> DVDs fast (costly) or slow (cheap). But getting a Slotload DVR inside 
> our Cubes would finally allow us access to iDVD 3. That would be worth 
> slow burns which are a lot faster than no burns. Of course we also 
> have to worry about a slotload SuperDrive having a slot that matches 
> the Cube's fixed slot position. Or we'll be running our Cube's outside 
> the box just like Jenn's thinking!
>
> On Thursday, January 9, 2003, at 09:15  AM, Robert W. Bumala wrote:
>
>> Anyone have a clue what is the OEM Part Number / Manufacturer for the 
>> SuperDrive installed in the PowerBook?
>> Thanks,
>> Bob.
>