[MacDV] Re: Hard drives

[Richard Gilmore]

Thanx for your and everyone else's help on this. I've now got lots of info. 
When I get it up and running I'll pass on my experiences to others.

Richard

Quoting Ann Billups <abillups at mac.com>:

> The full sized ones I have (three of them) are all firewire only (no 
> usb ports) all bought over the space of a year for between $59 and 
> $69.The case is silver and pretty cheesy looking, but does the job just 
> fine. I don't remember the brand and of course threw the boxes away.
> 
>   I don't remember what the portable one was and the user manual (which 
> I kept) just says 1394 external drive. I think it cost $69, but that 
> was probably two years ago. It also seems pretty flimsy, but I have a 
> padded case it fits in and it was a great size for quick file saves and 
> transfers.
> 
> On Monday, October 27, 2003, at 10:26  AM, Richard Gilmore wrote:
> 
> > Which type of FW case? They have three varying in price. Thanx for the 
> > tip
> > about Fry's they have the best selection I've see so far. I didn't 
> > think
> > finding a case would be so difficult.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
> > Quoting Ann Billups <abillups at mac.com>:
> >
> >> This is a little less than timely, but I have found the Fry's generic
> >> firewire cases to work just fine. I bought a self powered one for the
> >> original 2 gig hd from my 233 wallstreet and it works just fine. I had
> >> my (expensive) maxtor 80 gig go bad and on a whim tried putting it in 
> >> a
> >> full sized fw case from Fry's, and it also works just fine.
> >>
> >> I too have had trouble in the past with OWC. Sometimes they are 
> >> helpful
> >> others not.
> >>
> > tock PARTS! <http://www.macresq.com>
> >
> Ann Billups
> abillups at earthlink.net
> 
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