On Feb 19, 2009, at 4:00 PM, Aaron wrote:
> At 10:56 -0700 2009/02/18, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> The solution is to get a fw external case for your external drive, >> and >> transplant the hard drive. > > Before doing that, you have to know if the drive itself is IDE/PATA > or SATA. Moreover, is the drive large enough to be worth the $40 or > more you'll have to spend for the case, or should you get a larger, > probably SATA, drive for external use? (The question of whether to > buy the case and drive separately, or as a unit, is another matter. > I lead towards the former.) If nothing else, even relatively small (20-30GB) drives serve well as sneakernet devices. Also FW cases can be had for less, with some googling. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
