On Wed 23 Jul 2008 16:49:30 NZST +1200, Douglas Royds wrote: > This might also do what you want for $186 (incl) + an external USB HDD > ($180 or so for 500Gb), total $360ish: > > http://tastech.co.nz/details/101037.htm
At first I thought you had the wrong URL. From the specs: * Supported HD formats: FAT16, FAT32 Are you nuts? I'd want something which I can rely on still working tomorrow. That rules out FAT anything. Heck I've had to reformat my camera cards several times because some whacko device went bananas. Does it serve files in anything more useful than Microsoft network shares (which won't store half the unix information)? You want to rely on a no-cost consumer-grade (translation: el-cheapo unreliable designed down-to-a-price not up-to-a-standard) device, which by necessity has security tacked on as an afterthought? Hopefully only for your LAN, not to the Internet? Oh and does it even work with Linux? I don't see that mentioned. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
