Matshita CW-8122 Combo Drive

I was wondering if it might be possible to use a Matshita CW-8122 slot loading Combo Drive in a G3 CRT iMac. I realize that none of the G3 CRT iMacs shipped with slot loading Combo Drives. I want to be able to watch DVDs from any region in the world & be able to burn CDs with optical drive.
The Matshita CW-8122 Combo Drive meets all those requirements. It's listed on www.thefirmwarepage.com as being flashable to RPC1. I'm guessing nobody has ever tried this before. Is there any reason why one of these optical drives wouldn't work in a slot loading G3 CRT iMac?
Does the Matshita CW-8122 receive its power through a IDE cable when installed in a Aluminum PowerBook G4? I ask because I own a Indigo iMac DV Special Edition 400 MHz that currently has a slot loading CD burner installed. If it's impossible to use the Matshita CW-8122 slot loading Combo Drive in a slot loading G3 CRT iMac I will just install a Matshita SR-8184 slot loading DVD-ROM drive instead.
I can burn CDs using the Neto Dragon software OWC sells. Otherwise it's impossible to burn CDs on a slot loading G3 CRT iMac. Roxio Toast for instance requires a G4 or G5 or Intel processor.

Hi,
Go here:
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/drivedb/search.drivedb.lasso
Select DVD CDR, Matshita and CW-8122 and hit search. You'll get 3 returns and the iMac is the second one.
I own a Indigo iMac DV Special Edition 400 MHz
That poster explains the cabling problems.
BTW I have used an Apple branded SR8583-B DVD-ROM to play DVDs in a 400 iMac. I salvaged that drive from an old B&W G3 tower.
Roxio Toast for instance requires a G4 or G5 or Intel processor.
Hmm I used to burn CDs in my Beige G3 using Roxio toast 3 and 4 via SCSI.
I have a La Cie CD burner that's firewire I'll try it and post back.
Richard
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