Using DVD drives for Wallsteet Powerbooks

I recently bought a used PowerBook G3 Wallstreet. Was interested in eventually obtaining a Combo CD-RW and DVD drive.
1. are these kind of drives available for a Wallstreet PowerBook G3 and how much do they run?
2. How easy are they to install?
3. I heard that a DVD decoder card is required to play DVD's where can I find one

Michael,
Unfortunately, the Wallstreet has a non-standard connector in its optical drive media bay caddy; this is unlike the Lombard and newer powerbooks that use an industry-standard connector. As such, you are limited to:
- the DVD-ROM drive that Apple shipped in Wallstreets that had the optional DVD Player Kit;
- both VST and MCE several years ago offered a media bay CD-RW specifically for the Wallstreet; the VST unit was non-bootable;
- VST offered a DVD player kit that included a DVD-ROM plus the DVD Decoder PC card;
- any DVD-ROM drive for the Wallstreet plus the DVD Decoder PC card will allow playing of DVDs but only in 9.x...10.x is unsupported on the Wallstreet and Lombard;
- you can in fact buy a new decoder card for $20 from MCE (originally $100):
http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&ProductCode=DVDMPG2&CategoryCode=
The DVD-ROM and CD-RW media bay drives are getting long in the tooth so it may be difficult to find good units.
You do have options for burners, however. Buy an inexpensive FireWire PC card plus an inexpensive FireWire DVD-R burner and it will be a superior combination versus the media bay burners.

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