dvd-rw

I recently lifted one of these from an old Dell XPS M1210. I'd rather make use of it than let it go to landfill, but it appears to have some odd connector. Has anyone attached one of these to a PC in a "normal" way - i.e. USB or SATA? Many thanks. :)

I have a laptop with a DVD-RW drive, and I noticed that many laptops have pretty similar optical drives in them. I know that not all laptops are the same and many have custom components, but is there a standard type of optical drive that some of them use? I would love to upgrade it to a Blu-Ray...