Anybody up for trying to make a MiniCD adapter for caddies? Seems like the part would be relatively simple. I got a Apple CD 300i in my LC 520 chassis. It will read MiniCDs but right now it's finicky trying to get one in the right position and keep it there while putting the caddy into the drive. I haven't seen any caddies with an indent so I imagine some sort of filler type adapter thing has to be put in to use those easily.
Also a 3D printed jig/tool for making removing the face plate off Performa/LC 5xx chassis easier would be cool to see. I think they were designed in away that a simple rectangle (maybe with a slopped edge to the top of it though) precisely sized to fit in to the slot so that simply putting pressure on the face plate while inserting it would give you the exact required clearance/movement of the tab that you can slide the faceplate down. Some times plastic be brittle and doing this would break it anyways but my LC 520's plastics have barely yellowed and haven't gotten brittle. Having a tool to safely remove the faceplate without marring up the plastic every time I have to pull it off would be great.
Also a 3D printed jig/tool for making removing the face plate off Performa/LC 5xx chassis easier would be cool to see. I think they were designed in away that a simple rectangle (maybe with a slopped edge to the top of it though) precisely sized to fit in to the slot so that simply putting pressure on the face plate while inserting it would give you the exact required clearance/movement of the tab that you can slide the faceplate down. Some times plastic be brittle and doing this would break it anyways but my LC 520's plastics have barely yellowed and haven't gotten brittle. Having a tool to safely remove the faceplate without marring up the plastic every time I have to pull it off would be great.
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