Toshiba SelectBay DVDROM?

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No, but there is a chance that you can find one that will fit. Problem
is it will be trial and error and you will have to try one to know if it
works. The select bay insert is not the drive, but rather is a housing
for the drive. You will have to remove the drive and swap it with the
DVD player that you are trying. Mechanical considerations are as much
of an issue as electrical considerations.


Ryan Underwood wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a Tecra 500CDT (96 model) with the SelectBay. I have a floppy drive and
> the 6X cdrom that came with it. Was there a DVD-ROM reader made that fits in
> the SelectBay?
>
> Ryan
>

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me/2 <null@127.0.0.1> writes:

>Pentium 120MHZ, 144MB max RAM, 2MB C&T 65550 video. I don't think you'll be
>playing back DVD video on something like that.

I knew someone would reply that. This is to read stored data off DVDs, not
play movies. But those ZV DVD cards are getting pretty cheap anyway...

>It WAS a great computer in its day. I owned one back then and it was built
>like a tank. Not at all fragile like the stuff being built today.

I just had it completely stripped down to oil the exhaust fan. Everything, I
mean *everything* had to come off to get the fan out. Having torn it down and
put it back together, I'd have to agree that I'm rather impressed with the
engineering and wish they built 'em like that today. With modern laptops it's
not so much a question of finding that one elusive screw, it's more a question
of if this plastic clip I'm going to have to break is the only thing holding it
together.