Subj : IDE
To   : ROY J. TELLASON
From : TOM WALKER
Date : Sat May 21 2005 08:29 am

RJT> BR> I am using one of those IDE to USB I/F cables (works great)

RJT>Where'd you get it?  I think that this is probably just a bit more complica
RJT>than being a "cable",  though.

 It woudl invlove a great deal of electronics as I see it. IT woudl have
 ot have a USB controller chip similar as the one on most recent  mother
 boarda. Would have th have some sort of Interface chip to convert the
 USB serial signals to the Parallel IDE signals.
 They do make "Serial" Hard Drive to "Parallel" Hard drive, and the
 other way arround, cables but they are NOT USB as the specifications
 outline it..

IF they do make one I would be interested in it's Practical Application.
Since there is a IDE hard drive inside the USB hard drive case what is
the Need.
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