Slot-loading CD drive and 5 1/4" floppy faceplates...

[Dreamstalker]

Another idea...

Can a slot-loading CD drive be installed in place of a 5 1/4" drive while still keeping the drive faceplate intact for looks? I have a 286 that's slated to be a DOS/Win95 box for old games that Navi is way too fast for.

 

[violineb]

Well, if you have a slot loading drive you might as well check. If the CD fits in a 5.25" slot of the drive then you certainly can modify what ever needs to be done to align the CD drive with the slot of the 5.25"

Where there´s a will there´s a way

 

[synthetic_fenix]

Another idea...

Can a slot-loading CD drive be installed in place of a 5 1/4" drive while still keeping the drive faceplate intact for looks? I have a 286 that's slated to be a DOS/Win95 box for old games that Navi is way too fast for.

I love the Lain reference . But I cant see why you couldn't mod this up, I wanna see pics of this, I though about this a few years ago but never did anything with the idea.

 

[turkey4550]

Depends on the stiffness of the drive cover. My old rc-530 had really stiff springs on the drive covers, and gave me problems on certain standard drives. I guess you could stretch the springs or cut a coil off of them if they are so equipped, that is.