Quote Originally Posted by Fern View Post
3) Possible internal CD-ROM... but everyone does this, so I'm tempted to get creative! Assuming the OS can recognise the drive, what I'd like is one of these:

http://www.minidisc.org/images/sony_mdm111.jpg

I think MO disks are really cool, and it'd be something a little different. Problems to overcome would be a suitable adaptor cable and power supply. Making the thing actually fit probably won't be that hard.
I didn't realise that Sony did a data MiniDisc drive. I soooo want one of those.
I use MiniDisc a lot (even now that they're a bit old hat) and I think they're the most reliable format ever.

As for power, I reckon it'd be the same power connector as a 3.5" hard drive or an internal CD-ROM drive.
For the cable, if it's IDE, then it'll most likely be the usual 40-pin cable - if it's SCSI, it depends on the type of SCSI connector. SCSI would also present another problem ..... the A1200 doesn't have built in SCSI, so a SCSI controller card would be needed.