Replacing IDE HDD with optical drive on Performa 6320CD

[carian]

Hi,
I have a broken CD-ROM drive on my Performa 6200/75 and it's hard to find SCSI optical drives. I have a BlueSCSI and it works at SCSI CD-ROM port or externally just fine. I wonder if it is possible to replace IDE HDD with a generic IDE CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
Thank you.

 

[Phipli]

Hi,
I have a broken CD-ROM drive on my Performa 6200/75 and it's hard to find SCSI optical drives. I have a BlueSCSI and it works at SCSI CD-ROM port or externally just fine. I wonder if it is possible to replace IDE HDD with a generic IDE CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
Thank you.

It will be tricky. The hard disk is 3.5" wide, a CD drive is 5" wide.

You might be able to re-route the IDE cable over to the optical bay with an extension, but you'd have to remove the existing blade push connectors and possibly create a new back stop.

 

[Realitystorm]

What about a ZuluIDE?

 

[Trash80toHP_Mini]

IDE was a barely just kinda compliant abomination in that series. It supported only a single HDD and I'd be very surprised if it's possible to interface with an Optical Drive.

 

[finkmac]

What about a ZuluIDE?

at that point, might as well just use a zulu-compatible scsi emulator for the cdrom
i assume the OP wants a physically working cdrom though

 

[carian]

BlueSCSI can emulate HDDs as well as optical drives but I want to use real drive with extension cord in CD-ROM drive bay. I'd like to know if it's possible with installing an appropriate driver.