I got a cheap chinese external case on ebay for $10 and dropped a 80
gig ATA laptop drive in it. It is USB 2.0 and needs two ports to
supply power as well as data. Works just fine. Seems a bit
expensive for that wallyworld drive and I have no idea what the OS is
for.
clay
On 30 Apr
Many drive cases use a two-tailed plug -- USB ports are limited to
500mA, and you may need more, hence the two plugs for 1A.
Peter
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>> archer wrote:
>> > A major hard drive mfg is selling a standalone unit that supposedly
>> works
>> > like an internal hard drive complete with its own OS. It requires two
>> USB
>> > jacks and cords, it's fairly small and compact, has (160 gig
>> > capacity?),
>> > sells for about $150, and se
From: "John Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mercedes Discussion List"
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT-Standalone hard drive
> archer wrote:
>> A major hard drive mfg is selling a standalone
Yup. Flash drives with a stripped down OS running minimal versions of common
buisness software. Don't know the utility of the software as it will not run
on a Mac, but flash drives are great, I have a couple and use them to transfer
things like software updates and other large files between my
Ed Booher wrote:
> I would have said NAS as well, but it requires two USB connections to the
> computer? That doesn't sound quite right. Unless this "OS" the drive is
> running is using the USB as a paired send and receive. Seen some Cisco gear
> that would take several varied connections, 56K, ISD
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 9:49 AM, John Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> archer wrote:
> > A major hard drive mfg is selling a standalone unit that supposedly
> works
> > like an internal hard drive complete with its own OS. It requires two
> USB
> > jacks and cords, it's fairly small and compa
archer wrote:
> A major hard drive mfg is selling a standalone unit that supposedly works
> like an internal hard drive complete with its own OS. It requires two USB
> jacks and cords, it's fairly small and compact, has (160 gig capacity?),
> sells for about $150, and seems to be targetted at t
A major hard drive mfg is selling a standalone unit that supposedly works
like an internal hard drive complete with its own OS. It requires two USB
jacks and cords, it's fairly small and compact, has (160 gig capacity?),
sells for about $150, and seems to be targetted at travelers. I noticed
