[Tfug] External enclosure for a 3.5" drive

[Steven Bowers]

Thanks. Chuck has an old Buslink USB 1.1 unit above his desk that came 
in about a month ago. Not sure if he's tested it. Probably a bit slow 
but it would be less expensive than a new one.

Bexley Hall wrote:
> Hi, Steven,
> 
> --- Steven Bowers <steveb7 at simplybits.net> wrote:
> 
>> Can anyone recommend an enclosure for a 3.5" drive?
>> I have an old 80GB drive that I want to use to
>> shuttle data between systems. Requirements 
>> are that it can accept a 3.5" PATA drive; have USB
>> (and possible 1394) connector(s) and is usable
>> between PC/MAC/Linux/BSD systems.
> 
> You'll want to add "USB *2*" to that list, no doubt :>
> 
> Given any thought to NAS instead?
> 
> I'll see if there are any in Joe's room (usually,
> they get tossed) and put one aside for you if I
> find any.  Usually they are external CD-ROMs but
> I assume the controller is rather generic and
> will accept a regular disk in lieu of the CD
> (I've not tried it, though).
> 
> Annoying thing with almost all of these is they
> require an external power supply (I have a small
> external SCSI enclosure that I use for similar
> purposes because it has the power supply built
> in  :-/  )
> 
> --don
> 
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