Re: [PLUG] External drive casing for EIDE HD

[jim fisher <jedijf@myfisher.org>]

http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-IDE-SATA-S-SATA-Converter-CABLE-Adaptor-w-POWER-/370452436582

Never can go wrong with one of these ^^^ laying around.

On 12/8/10, Randall A Sindlinger <rsindlin+plug@seas.upenn.edu> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 08, 2010 at 04:01:27PM -0500, Mike Leone wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, we used to buy that adapter for the Optiplex 755s, 3-4 years ago.
>> They used to charge you $10 for it, too, from what I remember ... It was
>> just cheaper and easier to use USB keyboards and mice; hardly anything
>> else (consumer grade) would use a PS/2 port, anyway ...
>>
>
> Where I found it really handy (since we had some laying around) was with
> an older KVM switcher - Doing a PS/2 to USB only kinda worked (the optical
> mouse light blinked, which I found to indicate that it wasn't communicating
> when the light was off).  Using "real" PS/2 got rid of the problem.
>
> It might also be worth it if you need "real" serial, too; there was a
> discussion on here a few months back about how USB was inadequate for some
> applications (involving stepper motors, iirc?).
>
> -Randall
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