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External drive to read the old 5.2 DVD-RAM cartridges
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Mar 4, 2007, 06:01 PM
 
Does anyone know of an external drive which will read the old 5.2 DVD-RAM cartridges (written on a G4)? I have a MacBook Pro and no way to read a lot of my old valuable date stored on these. HELP!
     
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Mar 4, 2007, 08:26 PM
 
i know that lacie introduced a drive for these in 2001-2002ish. check eBay, or maybe craigslist

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Mar 4, 2007, 08:31 PM
 
is there a way to take the disc out of the cartridge? i have no idea if it's even possible, but i thought i'd ask...
     
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Mar 5, 2007, 08:21 AM
 
Do you know anyone with a machine that can read the disks (or could you even pick one up cheaply on ebay)? I know there still around -- I'm still using mine, in fact. (I don't still use the drive, but it's still part of the machine.)
     
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Mar 12, 2007, 10:16 AM
 
my father recently pulled a bunch of these drives from the g4s they came in, email pm if your interested and ill get a price from him, they should read if you drop them in a 5.25" usb or firewire enclosure
     
   
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