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[Ian Meyer <ianmeyer AT mac.com>]

here's some:

http://www.granitedigital.com/catalog/pg19_firewirebridgeboards.htm

there's others that are little blue blocks, they go on the end of the 
drive and just have a couple FW ports, but I can't remember the name or 
who makes them

but also, yeah, any FW enclosure would work for this

~ian


On Jun 20, 2004, at 6:04 PM, Sil Greene wrote:

> Kurt, you can get external IDE drive enclosures for standard IDE drives
> (3.5" or larger) for around $20-40.  These provide a USB(2) interface;
> slightly more expensive models add ieee1394 (Firewire).  Intrex 
> typically
> stocks them, or you should be able to find them at your favorite online
> parts supplier (newegg et al).
>
> Basically these devices supply a case and the circuitry to convert from
> the drive's IDE to (USB|Firewire).  You're mainly interested in the
> circuitry here, but you can probably just leave the case open during
> operation for ease of swapping in a new drive.  Just be sure to unplug 
> and
> power-down the device before disconnecting the connected drive.
>
> --Sil
>
>
>
>
> Reported 04.06.20 17:36 from Kurt Schlatzer:
> .:
> .:Anyone know of a device that you can use on a PC externally and plug 
> in old
> .:IDE drives to harvest the data off them? Some kind of docking 
> station for
> .:internal drives? I've got about 10 that I need to do this with and 
> I'm in no
> .:mood to open up my box that I just built each time I need to do 
> this. I
> .:can't seem to find anything like this on the Web. It seems like 
> something
> .:that useful would exist somewhere. Eventually I'm going move all the 
> old
> .:stuff to DVDs. Until then...
> .:
> .:Kurt Schlatzer
> .:www.kurtschlatzer.com
> .:
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