@BobW
Dude, Superb Job!..I am seriously Dying to do the same thing, except on My A600! coming out the side........but coming out the bacck maybe a better option especially for the A600..........because the A1200, is not only longer than the A600.........its actually wider including the space for the floppy....to the eye they look the same but side by side you see the difference..the PCMCIA port has way more clearance on the A1200.....so its going to be difficult to do it.
But I am considering a slotIn drive like one guy mentioned here. The only thing is that I suck at cutting plastic........maybe I am using the wrong tools?
Also for me, this absolutely has to be a 32x DVD-RW drive, slot loading and slimmer than slimline.
I will take pics if I do this.