Re(2): [G4] Using a Mini CD in a Slot Loading Drive

Thomas Bulat tombulat at comcast.net
Sat Mar 7 18:12:59 PST 2009


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.
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