From: Bruce Markowitz (scosgt_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 17:11:38 EST
I have 8X4x24/8XDVD drives available for the 600 series.
They are Toshiba
I also have one T/A series 16XCD-R/CD-RW/DVD drive ORIGINAL IBM NEW IN OPEN
BOX.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Emanuel Brown" <epbrown01_at_att.net>
To: <James_at_thinkpads.com>
Cc: <thinkpad_at_stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] TP600 CD-RW
> On Fri, 1 Nov 2002 12:15:51 -0500, "James H. E. Maugham"
> <CaptJHEM_at_waterw.com> wrote:
> >> The 600 uses Toshiba drives in the original ultraslimbay devices,
> >> so that's what I used for the swap - I used a Toshiba SD-R2002 and it
> >> was recognized and configured by Windows; any of the SD-R2*02 series
> >> of CD-RW/DVD drives should fit and work. The R2*12 models have
> >> slightly different dimensions.
> >
> >I'd welcome the posting of any success stories with the newer Toshibas
such as
> >the SD-R2102 or SD-R2212, especially information as to where they were
purchased
> >that didn't require you to be an OEM or VAR.
>
> The 2102 is on eBay even now, though sometimes you might need to
> extract it from something - it's the 2002 that I don't see around
> since it was superceded. There was one up for auction last weekend,
> that I came close to buying - it didn't get any bids at $130 because
> it was inside a carrier for the Toshiba Portege line, and I suspect
> people don't know they're as simple to remove as they are.
> I was going to swap the drive into my Sony pc card DVD drive, but
> decided to experiment with the 2002 in the 600. It fit perfectly and
> powered up, but W2K couldn't see it - I suspect because of Sony's pc
> card.
> Emanuel
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