[MacDV] final cut express and external la cie drive

[ptm at temple.edu]

Thank you!  I'll see what happens over the weekend after my
trip to Frys.  I'm not very adept (obviously) with this kind
of stuff but I'm game for trying.  Again, your help is very
much appreciated.

PTM
>
>You want to OPEN the LaCie Drive case - unless you can return
it for  
>a refund -, remove the 3.5" HD from the inside, go to
Comp-USA or  
>Fry's or wherever you buy computer accessories in your area
at low  
>prices and buy a FW400 case for about $40-$50, put the drive in  
>there, close it up, hook it to your eMac's spare FW port and
fire it  
>up. Then you can choose it as the scratch drive. That's your
cheapest  
>solution.
>
>Oh and don't buy any more LaCie Drives. You can do it
yourself for  
>way less. I can make a 300 GB external FW400 drive for $99
all the time.
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>On Mar 9, 2006, at 7:33 PM, <ptm at temple.edu> wrote:
>
>> I've no idea what USB1 and USB2 are.  The eMac is fairly new
>> and has 2 firewire inputs, one is connected to the Sony VX100.
>>  I'm thinking that the La Cie drive I got was so inexpensive
>> because it does not have a fire wire out?  Does this mean I
>> need a drive with firewire capability and that will clear
>> things up?  If so, can some folks recommend some places to get
>> one, I'm a grad student and have a very limited budget.
>
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