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

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Thu Apr 06 2000 - 01:33:59 EDT

Apricorn (and others) have pcmcia IDE ports..
Apricorn even ships a case for an external HDD..

Andrew Webber wrote:

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