*OUCH*
Thanks for the heads up on that. I was going to be looking at those at the
computer show next week...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Lowe" <davedorm@gmail.com>
To: <slug@nks.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] usb hard drive
> On 11/23/05, James Miller <slug@intofocus.com> wrote:
>
>> You can buy cheap little cases at some shops or at the computer show,
>> and
>> put your own drives in it. Only takes about 5 min. The nice thing about
>> the
>> laptop sized ones is that they are USB powered, so you don't need an
>> external power supply for them...
>
> Be careful... the USB standard only provides 500mA at 5 volts. Many
> newer laptop hard drives take more juice. I had that problem with my
> enclosure. Had to use an older 10 gig drive for the enclosure.
>
> I bought mine at CompUSA for $25.
>
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