[Tfug] External enclosure for a 3.5" drive

[Bexley Hall]

> Thanks. Chuck has an old Buslink USB 1.1 unit above
> his desk that came 
> in about a month ago. Not sure if he's tested it.
> Probably a bit slow 
> but it would be less expensive than a new one.

There's a USB2 unit sitting on the shelf (about
eye level) in the hall outside Joe's room.  But,
I wasn't able to locate the power supply for it.
<frown>

Note that you can always use the one Chuck has
and then swap the drive into a USB2 "case" when
one arrives.

I'll keep my eyes open.
--don
 
> Bexley Hall wrote:
> > Hi, Steven,
> > 
> > --- Steven Bowers <steveb7 at simplybits.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> Can anyone recommend an enclosure for a 3.5"
> drive?
> >> I have an old 80GB drive that I want to use to
> >> shuttle data between systems. Requirements 
> >> are that it can accept a 3.5" PATA drive; have
> USB
> >> (and possible 1394) connector(s) and is usable
> >> between PC/MAC/Linux/BSD systems.
> > 
> > You'll want to add "USB *2*" to that list, no
> doubt :>
> > 
> > Given any thought to NAS instead?
> > 
> > I'll see if there are any in Joe's room (usually,
> > they get tossed) and put one aside for you if I
> > find any.  Usually they are external CD-ROMs but
> > I assume the controller is rather generic and
> > will accept a regular disk in lieu of the CD
> > (I've not tried it, though).
> > 
> > Annoying thing with almost all of these is they
> > require an external power supply (I have a small
> > external SCSI enclosure that I use for similar
> > purposes because it has the power supply built
> > in  :-/  )
> > 
> > --don
> > 
> > 
> >      
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