stoneage gamer is probably weary about dealing with any type of gd-rom emulation hardware after the drama they went through with mnemo and his usb gd rom. who knows???
http://assemblergames.com/l/threads/stoneagegamer-and-mnemo-fiasco.60581/ it would be great if more options were available to those that would like to purchase a gd rom emulator.
more open source projects would be good also.
if all else fails you can always solder an ide cable to the dc mobo and run dreamshell off of a cd-r.
if your laser is dying, swap it with a pc cd rom laser.
i know most people want an easy solution.
they dont want to solder or mess with any modifications.
either way im glad pre-orders are back.