Cartridge Loader for the Quadra 950!!!!! =8-D

#1 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 - 23:50

I snagged it off eBay on a buy it now:

I'm thrilled, I finally got it tested and it just read a CD-R! [

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#2 Sun, 17 Feb 2013 - 23:58

how much did you end up throwing down for that bad boy?

#3 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 - 00:11

Thirty bucks (less a nickel) shipped, guaranteed to please . . .

. . . and it does! :approve:

#4 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 - 06:28

Oh cool. It's the version that wasn't stripped of the front panel by Apple.

I personally would prefer caddy loading CD-R instead.

#5 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 - 07:39

caddy loading CD-R

Was there many of those made?

#6 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 - 07:45

I have my fingers crossed for you that it doesn't need re-capping!!!

ALL of my caddy-load SCSI Apple CD drives are dead or almost dead and all have leaking caps

#7 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 - 08:03

Plextor made them at least. Possibly Yamaha too. They aren't rare. I picked up a seven drive tower for $20 form a recycler and gave another one to someone to put in their NeXT Cube.

#8 Mon, 18 Feb 2013 - 11:19

Gah! Recapping! :O Hopefully not, it works wonderfully as is. I couldn't find a CD-RW to burn to test it with, but I can dig a backup out for that.

I wonder if I may need to remove the bezel to mount it in the 950?

#9 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 - 01:06

Were those Sony drives that died of CapLeakage?

Looks like they've got another one for sale:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Apple-Macintosh-Sony-CDU561-25-CD-ROM-Drive-Caddy-Load-/140912539408

#10 Tue, 19 Feb 2013 - 17:47

I think the correct name is a Caddy Loader.