[aclug-L] Re: External Hard drive enclosure

[Clint Brubakken <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the input Jonathon and Larry , I saw looking at that model 
and other Byteccs, glad to know they work well..


Larry Weaver wrote:

> 
>I have 3 of these.  Manufactured by Bytecc.  Mine are ME-320U2 which are IDE
>to USB 2.0 interface.  Any device that has an IDE bus connector can be
>mounted in the enclosure (CD_ROM, CD-RW, HDD, Zip drives, etc).  No special
>software is required when used under Win2000, WinXP. Plug &Pray, Hot
>swappable.   The devices do not operate as fast as they would if they were
>connected internally to the IDE interface. The transfer rate claimed is
>1.5MBS on USB 1.0, 50MBS on IEEE1394 (firewire), 60MBS on USB 2.0.  The
>device is also made with a firewire interface as ME-3202F.  One possible
>source is listed below but you can look for better pricing thru a GOOGLE
>search..  Very handy to have around.
>
>http://store.ncix.com/products/index.php?store=ncix&sku=11637&vpn=ME
>-320U2F[1]
>
>~Larry Weaver
>===============================
>Jonathan Hall wrote:
>I have one that supposedly has both USB 2.0 and Firewire ports, but I've
>onlyever used the USB 2.0 ports. It seems to work fine, but it's a lot
>slowerthan plugging the drive in directly to the IDE channel, but for my
>needs that's fine. -- Jonathan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clint
>Brubakken" <cabrubak@xxxxxxx>[2] To: <discussion@xxxxxxxxx>[3] Sent: Monday,
>October 18, 2004 2:35 PM Subject: [aclug-L] External Hard drive enclosure I
>am looking to get an external hard drive/ cd/dvd-rqw enclosure, So that I
>canaccess a dvd burner with my laptop and some hardrives also. I'd prefer
>onewith firewire as the research I've seen says it is effectively faster
>thenUSB 2.0. Has anyone here had any experience with these? I've found
>several, but I can't find any reviews (except for New Egg, which removes
>negative reviews). Clint -- This is the discussion@xxxxxxxxx[4] list. To
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