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  3.5 inch CD-ROM in a Macbook Pro? paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink - 2014-02-02 12:52 -0600
    Re: 3.5 inch CD-ROM in a Macbook Pro? Tom Joad <no@spam.nl> - 2014-02-02 20:00 +0100
    Re: 3.5 inch CD-ROM in a Macbook Pro? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-02-02 14:06 -0500
    Re: 3.5 inch CD-ROM in a Macbook Pro? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-02-02 14:07 -0500
      Re: 3.5 inch CD-ROM in a Macbook Pro? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-02-03 08:58 +1300
        Re: 3.5 inch CD-ROM in a Macbook Pro? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2014-02-02 15:13 -0500
    Re: 3.5 inch CD-ROM in a Macbook Pro? Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-02-02 15:18 -0500
    Re: 3.5 inch CD-ROM in a Macbook Pro? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-02 23:23 +0000

#55770 — 3.5 inch CD-ROM in a Macbook Pro?

I just got an electronic gizmo with a 3.5" CD-ROM included as
documentation.  Can my superdrive read this thing or will it just get
stuck and cause me hours of aggravation?

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#55771

On 2014-02-02 18:52:05 +0000, paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink said:

> I just got an electronic gizmo with a 3.5" CD-ROM included as
> documentation.  Can my superdrive read this thing or will it just get
> stuck and cause me hours of aggravation?

There's a serious chance for the latter. Read it on some other machine 
or try to download the contents from somewhere.

-- 
Tom Joad
my.name@xs4all.nl

"It don't take no nerve to do somepin when there ain't nothin' else you can do"
John Steinbeck, The grapes of wrath

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#55773

In article <1lgfyav.mga0j11hafdo2N%paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink>,
<paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink> wrote:

> I just got an electronic gizmo with a 3.5" CD-ROM included as
> documentation.  Can my superdrive read this thing or will it just get
> stuck and cause me hours of aggravation?

if it's a slot drive, it will get stuck.

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#55774

In article <1lgfyav.mga0j11hafdo2N%paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink>,
 paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink wrote:

> I just got an electronic gizmo with a 3.5" CD-ROM included as
> documentation.  Can my superdrive read this thing or will it just get
> stuck and cause me hours of aggravation?

Open your optical drive and see if it's got a center "cut out" slot 
thing to drop in those small CD-Rs. I've played them in my Mac Pro 
(which has the "cut out" thing).
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#55776

In article <52ee9768$0$10304$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com>,
Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> In article <1lgfyav.mga0j11hafdo2N%paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink>,
>  paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink wrote:
> >
> > I just got an electronic gizmo with a 3.5" CD-ROM included as
> > documentation.  Can my superdrive read this thing or will it just get
> > stuck and cause me hours of aggravation?
> 
> Open your optical drive and see if it's got a center "cut out" slot 
> thing to drop in those small CD-Rs. I've played them in my Mac Pro 
> (which has the "cut out" thing).

NEVER EVER put any small size discs (mini-discs, business card discs,
etc.) in to ANY slot-loading drive. The disc will not be read and will
simply get stuck inside the drive (the drive can't eject it).

To read the smaller size discs you will have to use a try-loading drive
which has the template for the smaller size moulded into the tray.

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#55780

In article <030220140858334833%YourName@YourISP.com>,
 Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> In article <52ee9768$0$10304$c3e8da3$9b4ff22a@news.astraweb.com>,
> Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In article <1lgfyav.mga0j11hafdo2N%paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink>,
> >  paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink wrote:
> > >
> > > I just got an electronic gizmo with a 3.5" CD-ROM included as
> > > documentation.  Can my superdrive read this thing or will it just get
> > > stuck and cause me hours of aggravation?
> > 
> > Open your optical drive and see if it's got a center "cut out" slot 
> > thing to drop in those small CD-Rs. I've played them in my Mac Pro 
> > (which has the "cut out" thing).
> 
> NEVER EVER put any small size discs (mini-discs, business card discs,
> etc.) in to ANY slot-loading drive. The disc will not be read and will
> simply get stuck inside the drive (the drive can't eject it).
> 
> To read the smaller size discs you will have to use a try-loading drive
> which has the template for the smaller size moulded into the tray.

Ah. You're absolutely right right, of course. I was referring to a 
tray-loading drive. My Dell Linux laptop has one, my MacBook Pro (same 
era) has a slot. On the Dell, I pulled the optical drive and put a HDD 
in. I use sticks these days anyway.
-- 
Where's the Vangelis music?
Pris' tongue is sticking out in in the wide shot after Batty has kissed her.
They have put back more tits into the Zhora dressing  room scene.
  -- notes for Blade Runner

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#55781

On 2014.02.02, 13:52 , paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink wrote:
> I just got an electronic gizmo with a 3.5" CD-ROM included as
> documentation.  Can my superdrive read this thing or will it just get
> stuck and cause me hours of aggravation?

It will not load and might even cause damage.

I bought an ASUS DVD/CD reader/writer with a drawer for my SO's MBA - so 
I use it when I need to read one of those smaller disks or the 
rectangular ones.

Which is rarer and rarer of course...

Another way is to mount it on a PC that has a drawer type drive, share 
it (network) and then copy from there or simply copy off the files and 
then transfer to the Mac.

-- 
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.”
                                                   - Mike Tyson

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#55794

On 2014-02-02, paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink
<paulfuchs@porkain'tkosher.oink> wrote:
> I just got an electronic gizmo with a 3.5" CD-ROM included as
> documentation.  Can my superdrive read this thing or will it just get
> stuck and cause me hours of aggravation?

Chances are whatever is on the CD-ROM is old anyway. Just get the latest
off the net instead.

-- 
E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter.
I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead.

JR

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