----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Elwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [scottish] IDE converter for laptops?
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 01:57:23PM -0000, Dan Kirkpatrick wrote: > > Anyone know of a UK merchant that sells laptop IDE -> desktop converters? > > Yes, I got mine from ComCal (bath st, by bucannan galleries) ComCal are MASSIVELY overpriced - I never use them for that reason. Believe it or don't, if you can wait for things beyond the "emergency use" or "impulse buy" requirements, eBay is an excellent place for strange and wonderful kit and accessories. I bought a very cheap PowerMac a couple of years back, and got the VGA converters I needed for the video-out very cheaply and (in eBay terms) very quickly. mmmm /me strokes SPARCstation 4 running Debian potato, purchased for 36 quid :) > VASTLY Overpriced, but I needed it in a hurry. Sounds like a certain warehouse sized retailer of PC goods over in Finnieston ... the amount of wee cables and silly things I've bought from PC World over the years because they were 120 seconds from my old work ... still, PC World have a nice bargain bin section (to the right of the checkouts these days at Finnieston), which is very handy for end-of-line Belkin cables and accessories at reasonable prices, amongst other things. -- _ __/| ___ ___ __ _________ "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned \`O_o' / _ \/ -_) // / __/ _ \ for Sega." -- Brodie, 'Mallrats' =(_ _)=/_//_/\__/\_,_/_/ \___/ @ well.com :: William Anderson U - Ack! Phttpt! Thhbbt! http://neuro.wasters.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.lug.org.uk http://www.linuxportal.co.uk http://www.linuxjob.co.uk http://www.linuxshop.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------
