iMac G3 Upgrades:Replacement Optical Drive

[BklynRay16901]

Hello i have an old indigo 400 MHz iMac G3 laying around. I have purchased 1GB of RAM, and a 160GB Hard Drive to max it out. I'm looking for any suggestions in regards to either a replacement internal dvd drive or an external firewire drive that would work. I need to replace the existing optical drive because of a failure it experienced some years ago.
Any help is appreciated.

 

[cyclingplatypus]

I'd opt for the external FW drive, cheap, flexible, and portable should you require its use elsewhere.

 

[MacFanatic08]

http://store.mcetech.com/Merchant2/...ct_Code=IMACSLDVDR8DL&Category_Code=STORDVDRW

There's a good drive right there. I really want to buy it for my own G3.