Improvements to an optical recording apparatus comprising a laser light source are provided. The cutting device can be driven via a cutter shaft by a cutter drive device located in a cutter drive housing. A frame assembly configured and dimensioned to be secured to the first end board at a first end thereof and to the second end board at a second end thereof includes a frame and a transition box. The tracking loop comprises a reference code generator and an interpolator for generating timed signal versions in response to said communication. The opening is disposed directly above a via location. In other embodiments, the appliance may receive first output data from a first server of a plurality of servers that is to be supplied as first input data to a second server of the plurality of servers.