[Kenneth]

Hi,

I read a post on PowerBook DVD Source that someone replaced the iMac CD-ROM with a laptop DVD-ROM and it works. I found out that the CD-ROM inside the iMac Rev. A is in ATAPI spec., so will the Toshiba SD-C2302 or the SD-C2402 support the Mac platform and fit into my iMac? Second, if I upgrade my iMac with the iForce 500MHz, I can watch DVD with software instead of a MPEG-2 add-on card, right?

Links for the DVD-ROM:
SD-C2402: <http://www.toshiba.com/taecdpd/products/features/SDC2402-Over.shtml>
SD-C2302: < http://www.toshiba.com/taecdpd/produ....shtml>

Thank you
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iMac Rev.A 233
256MB RAM
6MB SGRAM
4GIG HD
Mac OS 9.0.4 & Mac OS X DP4 installed


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"With technology in all corners, learning to unplug can be particularly difficult."

[This message has been edited by Kenneth (edited 06-14-2000).]

Apple DVD Player 2.x requiers ATI Rage 128 to work. Even if you replace CD-ROM with a DVD-ROM, I don't think you can watch DVD

Maybe with QT5 that support Mpeg2 decoding this will be possible. Maybe...

[keyser_soze]

maybe
if u run linux ppc, replace cd-rom with dvd-rom, and download DeCss (2600.com has a list of links to download the source) and compile it for mac

then maybe u'll be able to