Slot loading PSoneP!

epicelite · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:19 pm

So I am still going to do this!

Anyway I have a few things I thought of that I could use some help with.

1) How do I find out how much power the disc drive needs?

2) How do I set it up so that switch that detects when the door on the PSone is closed knows when the disc drive is loaded or not?

themadhacker · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:34 pm

If I were you for the switch part, I would just put an external toggle switch.

samjc3 · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 4:43 pm

use a multimeter to find how much voltage the drive needs :roll:

epicelite · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 10:13 pm

samjc3 wrote:

use a multimeter to find how much voltage the drive needs :roll:

I do not own a mac, so I have nothing to plug it into.

Twilight Wolf · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 11:21 pm

You're using the slot-load mechanism from a Mac CD drive, then? Even if not, I'd imagine there should be a simple physical switch of some sort that tells the drive there's a disc in it, and if so, you could just wire it to the lid sensor switch in the PSone.

epicelite · **Posted:** Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:46 pm

I will as soon as I get the drive. :mrgreen:

Bibin · **Joined:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:43 pm **Posts:** 1469

The iMac G3 slot loading drive is just standard notebook IDE connector type, and takes the standard 12 + 5VDC voltages.

βeta · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:33 pm

Would a laptop disk drive work for this?

Bibin · **Joined:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:43 pm **Posts:** 1469

If you were to integrate the mechanism, sure, but you can't just hook any drive up. I hope killgood here knows what he's doing, so that shouldn't be news to him.

Basement_Modder · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 3:05 pm

This will take some SERIOUS drive modification in order to make it work. Spacing of parts is a KEY element in having the disk line-up correctly. I bow to he who can apply this to a portable.

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