OK! Thanks for that reality check! Why do companies do these things to the customers? Sigh. What a wonderful world (not) it could be! Thanks, and so long for now, TOM >On Mar 7, 2009, at 1:11 PM, Thomas Bulat wrote: > >> I just got a program delivered on a mini CD Disk which apears to be >> about 2" in Diameter. >> >> Is there an adapter so that I might load it into my iMac? > > >I have no knowledge of any adapter that will let you use a mini disk >in a slot-loading CD player. > >If you have access to a tray-loading external CD drive, you could use >it to read the mini disk and then write the contents onto a regular >CD. BUT----under no circumstances should you ever try to insert a >mini disk into a newer iMac----PERIOD!!! > >If you do insert the mini disk, expect to have to remove the drive >from your iMac in order to retrieve the mini disk. I had a client >insert a mini disk into a MacBook Pro. It took over an hour to remove >it. > >DON"T, DON"T, and DON"T again, use mini disks with any iMac except for >the tray loading models. > >Now that I have written all that, I suppose that you could hook-up >your iMac to an older G3 iMac with a tray-loading CD player and >started up in Target mode, and then transfer the data to the iMac that >way. Of course, that supposes you have access to an older model G3 iMac. >_______________________________________________ >G4 mailing list >G4 at listserver.themacintoshguy.com >http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/g4