[ebolla]

for space saving reasons and just for coolness i'm trying to mount my G4 powermac on my equipment rack
i plan to build a simple shelf enclosure to just place the PM in(i dont want to modify the actual casing)
i've seen similar solutions on http://www.marathoncomputer.com/grac.html

but how does the optical drive work when placed on the side?
anybody got any ideas on how to make it work?

[macgyvr64]

Some drives have little tabs to hold the disc there until you can grab it...not sure whether I'd be doing optical drive mods, though, lol

[bradoesch]

It should work fine, as long as you've got those tabs. You have read this, right?
I did find out that hard drives prefer to be perfectly horizontal or perfectly vertical. I had an old computer with a drive on a slight angle, and the sickening noise it made got my attention right away.