Re: [Thinkpad] OT: IDE to USB adaptor

From: Anthony R. Gold <thinkpadlist_at_ahjg.co.uk>
Date: Thu Jul 14 2005 - 11:44:52 EDT

On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 09:15:22 -0400, you wrote:

> Excellent find David, I had looked at something similar that didn't do
> 5" drives and cost near twice as much.
> Now I can do something with those cast off drives....

Probably not an issue for your antique drives but IDE to USB interfaces
are not all alike. I bought a couple at really great prices on eBay and
found they flaked out somewhere around 150GB while some more expensive
ones are still going fine with drives of over 300GB each.

Tony
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