* An ongoing debate between Tom Walker and Ben Ritchey rages on ...

BR>BR>>> I am using one of those IDE to USB I/F cables (works great)
BR>| RT>> Where'd you get it?  I think that this is probably just a bit
BR>| RT>> more complicated than being a "cable",  though.
BR>> Right you are, but only $15 on eBay . The circuitry to convert
BR>> the 40-pin IDE data to USB is built into the HD connector itself.
| TW> I have a termonology Prolbem. Are you really talkng about a USB to
| TW> IDE converesion cable? A Cable that allows the use of an IDE drive on
| TW> a USB port.

Yup. I will have several (only one now) External IDE Hard Drives that plug
into the USB port using these cables. HD Power is supplied via an external
auxillary PS {at} 25 Watts, each drive requires 7.5W while active.

This provides me with portable high speed data transfer (I can quickly backup
small systems on site then provide off-site storage for the backup).

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