What drive reads Panasonic LM-D501W 940MBs?

[HutchinsonJC]

I can find the disks on E-Bay, but I can't seem to find information readily for which drive was used to read them.

I bought one drive I thought would be correct once already and had to send it back because it was not the right drive haha.

Anyone know?

 

[pcgeek11]

What you are looking for would be a Panasonic LF-5010 Drive which is an external drive.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Panasonic-External-Optical-Drive-LF-5010-/263389487865

 

[HutchinsonJC]

What an ancient beast of an external drive! Hey Thanks!

 

[pcgeek11]

Thumbs up!

 

[bbhaag]

I have no real input to add to the discussion but my curiosity has gotten the best of me. Why in the world are you looking for legacy hardware like this? Do you work for someone who still has this deployed and you are looking for a replacement or is it just for you to play around with for hobby use?

 

[LTC8K6]

https://www.allhdd.com/magneto-opti...b-external-worm-optical-drive.-clean-tested./

In stock?