On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Coffin Michael C wrote: > Hi John, > > I'm glad you found this reference. I was wondering at what point the > connector might fail due to normal use and wear. 1000 swaps or 3 years > (approx.) is OK for me, but I'll be sure to buy some spares and keep them > around for the eventual rack failure. > > I love these things. I'm mounting a couple of 120Gig drives in these and > mounting the racks in a USB to IDE enclosure to create what is essentially a > 120Gig portable device. Forget about zip, cd, dvd - 120Gig allows you to > take ANYTHING ANYWHERE. I may look into a Firewire connection instead of > USB and see if that boosts the speed - but USB is universal and Firewire > still isn't on every machine. Naturally, this wouldn't be an appropriate > solution where speed is critical, but it would be nice for say demoing Linux > or Hercules without installing anything on a customer machine, and of course > for just transporting huge amounts of data to and from the office. >
How about USB2.0? I've not tried it, supposed to be about the speed of firewire, ifthe PC is only USB 1 it works at USB 1 speed. -- Cheers John. Please, no off-list mail. You will fall foul of my spam treatment. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb
