At 02:10 PM 7/19/2006, you wrote:
On 7/19/06, Robert G. Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> better.
I think that you can come really close to this now with OTS components.
I have a lovely little 80 GB USB/FW drive (about the size of a
paperback).
How about the Linksys NSLU2 type devices? Again, network performance
might not be that good and would need a bit of work :)
That's sort of the model, though.. Except with the disk drive built
in. There ARE small network attached storage devices available, intended
for the home server market, but last time I looked (about a year ago), they
all seemed to require loading a special application on your PC or MAC for
access, probably so they could implement some sort of future Digital Rights
Management. The market is so competitive, I can't imagine that they'd make
money with the hardware alone, so I assume their idea would be to get
decent penetration, and then sell the capability to, for instance, store
(legally) downloaded music and/or video in connection with a third party
content provider. They all had quasi whizbang media player type software
that ran in connection with their thing (store your MP3s on our server and
play them on your PC!).
--
Gerald Davies
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w: http://www.geralddavies.com
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