[MacDV] Re: Hard drives

[Carl Flatow]

I would be interested in what you've learned about self powered cases 
for 2.5"drives, if you'd like to share it with me here or privately.

Carl

On Tuesday, October 28, 2003, at 11:54 AM, Richard Gilmore wrote:

> 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.
>>>>
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>>>
>> Ann Billups
>> abillups at earthlink.net
>>
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