[CUBE] My [CUBE] Thinks DVR-105 Outside Is Inside

[Hal]

Close, but not exactly. It' not that I want no external drive at any 
price. I just don't like the way this mod wold make my Cube look. I 
have an external hard drive that I connect occasionally, but I like the 
clean look that my desk has right now. I have the Cube up on a shelf 
"on display" and all that's on the desk is the orb speakers and a small 
flat panel display. Even the keyboard is hidden when not in use. I also 
like the operation of the internal drive. Dropping a CD or DVD into the 
"toaster slot" is very cool. I still haven't played with iDVD, I use 
Toast for all my burning. My other concern is that if I'm going to bite 
the bullet on the aesthetic issue and  get an "external drive", I'd 
want to be able to share it with my Powerbook.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the ingenuity in getting this hack to 
work. It's very cool, just not for me right now.

For now all this is moot for me as I'm going to be packing up the Cube 
for a while (I got one of the Willow Design cases just to be safe). I'm 
moving and want to get things ready early. Alas, I'll miss it, but I 
gotta get the home office cleaned up to sell the house... Don't want to 
leave my toys about for prospective buyers to mess with. Fortunately, i 
just got a fast Powerbook. :-)

-Hal

On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 09:42 AM, Thubten Kunga wrote:

> No, the barrier is that iDVD 3 won't burn DVDs without the burner 
> connected to the inside bus. So if you want to burn DVDs, from your 
> Cube or superfast rip and/or write CD-RWs, this mod is necessary. 
> We're probably looking at the same Cube in two different ways. I think 
> what you're saying is that you want no external drive at any price — 
> the price of not being able to do either of the aforementioned things 
> in exchange for the aesthetic of a Cube only environ — simplicity over 
> functionality. That's cool. I can see that.
>
> k
>
> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 09:31  AM, Hal wrote:
>
>> Well, the barrier is still whether or not you want the "internal" 
>> drive outside or not.
>>
>> No barrier is still something of an exaggeration. If I wanted an 
>> external drive, I'd get an external drive.
>>
>> -Hal
>>
>> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 09:18 AM, Thubten Kunga wrote:
>>
>>> Well the iDVD 3 patch has taken care of running iDVD 3 without a 
>>> SuperDrive. I've burned a Video CD but I don't have any DRD-R/RW 
>>> media yet to burn DVDs yet. My point is there is no barrier between 
>>> anyone and a DVD burner or Combo drive "inside" their Cube. 12 
>>> Screws and the aforementioned cables. That's it. End of story.
>>>
>>> FYI: I found a Samsung 16x DVD read 48x24x48x CD-RW Combo drive for 
>>> $70 after $30 rebate in another CenDyne Box at Fry's last week that 
>>> the Cube and Toast recognizes as well. When I want to rip MP3's or 
>>> burn CD-Rs FAST, I just swap the drives out in 15 seconds and I'm up 
>>> and running with that superfast CD=RW that can also read DVDs real 
>>> fast. $240 for both drives.
>>>
>>> k
>>>
>>> On Sunday, February 23, 2003, at 07:21  AM, Bill Fox wrote:
>>>
>>>> Excellent. Thanks, Kunga. Have you used iDVD 3 and burned from it 
>>>> yet?
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, February 22, 2003, at 11:38 PM, Thubten Kunga wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Booted up and the Apple System Profiler says:
>>>>>
>>>>> "CD-RW/DVD-R
>>>>> Disc Burning Fully Supported.
>>>>> Product Identification DVD-RW DVR-105
>>>>> Vendor Identification PIONEER".
>>>>>
>>>>> Eject key/F12 works perfectly to both open and close the drawer. 
>>>>> I'm a happy camper.