Jim wrote:
> Listers,
> 
> So.  I decided to try out the pretty USB 2.5" drive enclosure model 
> that computergeeks.com have had on sale recently, the VE-009NHD.  It's 
> made by V-link (www.v-link.com.cn), comes with a USB cable, floppy disk 
> of windows drivers, and some screws.  It's a USB 1.1 enclosure, not USB 
> 2, but that was ok, since we Mac-folk aren't offered USB 2.0 by Apple 
> anyway.  I put a known-working hard drive inside and gave it a try.
> 
> Big disappointment, despite the pretty color and styling.  The 
> enclosure is not mountable under Mac OS 9 nor Jaguar on my Pismo.  I 
> could not persuade Windows 98 or 2000 machines to use the included 
> drivers, either.  But since I'm not a windoze guy, maybe I didn't know 
> how to properly install the drivers.
> 
> Nevertheless, for Mac-folk... Avoid this enclosure.  The same company 
> makes a Model VE-007NHD, and I'd be suspicious of that enclosure, too.  
> For what it's worth, these enclosures were not actually advertised as 
> being Mac-compatible.  I was just trying.

go back to geeks.com. There are drivers that work with the Pismo; I know 
this because I've used it for that purpose.


-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs




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