> > 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.
One thing that attracted me to this one was the Dans's Data review which
said it worked more consistently than other's he'd tried. (This assumes
it is exactly the same as the one he reviewed, which is a matter of
faith, as the company names are different.) There are benchmarks for
this one here:
http://www.virtual-hideout.net/reviews/bytecc_bt200/index.shtml
> How do these adapters provide power to IDE devices? Obviously it
isn't
> going to do much good to hook up a 3.5" desktop HD externally via USB
if
> the drive doesn't have a power source?
For 3.5" and 5" drives it has a switching power supply which plugs into
the drive's molex port. For 2.5" drives there is no way to get the
power to the drive except through the pins, which means it needs a USB
port that can supply adequate power. The built-in port on the TP is
fine, but when using a pcmcia card one needs a powered hub.
- David R.
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