Re: A warning about 2.5 to 3.5 inch Hard Drive adapters

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From: Andrew Webber (awebber_at_wwwebbers.com)
Date: Thu Mar 30 2000 - 11:14:03 EST

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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000 21:17:29 -1000 (HST), Vincent Poy wrote:

>It would be neat if there was a way to hook up a 3.5" HDD
>to a 2.5" system =)

...SCSI? ;)

Seriously, someone mentioned a way to put a 2.5" drive onto the
parallel port. Apart from the big speed hit, is that practical?
I've got three HDs now (10, 6, 4) and I wouldn't mind putting the 4
(with my CDs ripped to mp3) online with the others, assuming the
parallel port could keep up with streaming the mp3s.

Alternatively, what about USB? Or SCSI? I have a SCSI external
CD-RW burner and the Adaptec 1450 card (the one with the tethered
cable, claims to support only three devices and not HDs -- but
perhaps an IDE HD would work with the right adapter?)

TP600 (P266).

Thanks!

andrew [awebber_at_wwwebbers.com]
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