Arthur S. Alexion on Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:40:17 -0500


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Re: [PLUG] Hardware Recommendation needed


At 10:24 AM 3/14/2002 -0400, you wrote:
I was thinking about getting an external case that can house the cdrom and supply power, and just running an IDE cable out the back of the computer, and into this cdrom case.

Any ideas on the availability of such a case? Any ideas for better solutions?

I've done this with ISA devices (a pulse programmer), and had it working properly. Basically, you just run your IDE flat cable through an openining in the back, and if you cannot find a case with an IDE connector on it, just take advantage that the cable is flat and get it into the external enclosure through the narrow gap between the cover and the body of the enclosure. You can get CD-ROM enclosures that will let you do this in places like JAMECO (http://www.jameco.com) or, although a bit pricy, ANACAPA Micro (http://www.anacapamicro.com). I'm sure that a Google search will give you tons of places you can get these.



G.

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Guillermo Moyna, PhD

Thanks for the help and advice. I'm really glad this is possible. I was hoping for a place to get an enclosure locally, though. Does anyone know of any place?


Also, not being much of an electrician, how do I make sure the grounds are properly connected to each other?

Art



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