I think the geeky thing to do there would be to bust apart an enclosure to get to the connector parts directly :)
On Mon, 2004-10-04 at 13:18, John Hebert wrote: > Time involved messing around with the external > enclosure screws, for one thing. And what about > wanting to copy data off of drives that are still > mounted in a PC case to another computer? > > I see this gadget as a boon to corporate espionage. ;) > > That's a joke, BTW. > > Besides, I assume the price will come down when China > starts producing cheap knockoffs. The device is really > just a powered 40 pin IDE to USB/FireWire adapter; > nothing magical. The external enclosures are nice, but > they are not ideal for dealing quickly with a pile of > hard drives. > > John > > > --- Brad Bendily <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > ~$150 for just the ComboDock > > > ~$170 for the ComboDock, AC adapter, and USB and > > > FireWire cables > > > > $150 ducks for a combo thing to connect to your hard > > drive? > > > > Why not just get an external enclosure and put the > > drive in that? > > They don't do Firewire, but sheesh they're a lot > > cheaper! > > > > > > They start around $5 on ebay! > > > http://search.ebay.com/external-usb-drive-case_W0QQsofocusZbsQQsbrftogZ1QQfromZR10QQsotrZ2QQcoactionZcompareQQcopagenumZ1QQcoentrypageZsearch > > > > > > BB > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > General mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
