Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 14:29:06 +0100 From: "Alexandre Kaoukhov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Where to buy 36pins 5.25" enclosure? I won Ibazar bid on Ricoh 9120 combo thus now I am desperately looking for the device mentioned in the subject. I know that they are still produced somewhere. Here in Paris I know only one shop (Surcouf) that sells them but only bundled with PCMCIA adapter for $100. I do not need a couple of another PCMCIA adapters. Addonics sells them only with CDRW inside and a couple of hours of search on the internet brought nothing else. Otherwise I could never understand the reasons driving the market. Any good device seem to be rapidly discontinued. As in the case of 36pin adapters. There are any kind of 36pin adapter : Parallel, PCMCIA, CardBus, USB and even Firewire. So user is always sure to choose the solution that suits his needs yet be able to share the data with his fellows. Personally I was glad using DNboy though PCMCIA and could almost always give it with its USB adapter. Thus I stick with 36pins. Now only Firewire enclosure provides reasonable bandwidth but I have not seen a single PC with 1394 port yet (outside of computer stores). In theory I should buy Firewire adapter $150 plus enclosure $70 plus cables $30. At the end after spending around $200 I will get a solution compatible virtually only with laptops. Sad story... In the meantime I spent the whole week end soldering 40pins desktop to 40pins laptop adapter. I decided to use my DNboy as adapter consequently I supposed that the only thing I need is to rewire connectors. I succeeded to connect the pins of an old hard drive to DNboy respectively leaving 41-44 pins untouched because drive was powered through desktop AC adaptor. At the end when I plug PCMCIA to Libretto HD seems to spin up and down, move its heads as if being recognized yet nothing is seen in device manager. Can anyone provide some help on this issue? Soldering appears to be correct as tested with lamp. Thank you, Alexandre Kaoukhov ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------UNSUBSCRIBE------- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe --------UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **************************************************************
