Just got an original Apple-labeled DVD-RAM drive, thanks eBay! $30 shipped.
What astounds me is how insanely heavy this bugger is. Easily triple the weight of the Blu-ray drive I have sitting loose next to it at the moment.

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I'm just curious, why a DVD-RAM? Don't they use unique discs that are incompatible with other recordable DVD formats? I would think that blank discs are getting hard to find at this point since that's a blue and white/Yikes! era peripheral.

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You can still buy DVD-RAM discs at most better-equipped electronics chains. Why? Because. Why do I collect Macs in the first place? Because.

Most modern DVD±RW drives can read (and many can also write,) DVD-RAM. And DVD-RAM drives can read some DVD-R discs.