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

[Eagle]

Brian,

Yes it will work but the DVR-105 will NOT fit inside the Cube...

Eagle

On Friday, Jan 10, 2003, at 12:53 US/Eastern, Brian Sledz wrote:

> Hello
> Before I buy a Cube on Ebay I want to make sure about something.  If 
> one replaces the standard dvd-cd drive in the cube and replaces it 
> with one of the Pioneer 104 or 105 drives, will iDvd work?  I want a 
> cube for my office and would like it to burn dvds.
> thanks
> Brian
>
> At 05:40 PM 1/9/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>>> 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.