[mdlug] USB burners

[Garry Stahl]

Ingles, Raymond wrote:
>> From: gib at juno.com
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>> Yup, my first burner was a HP Series 8200 CD burner.  Worked 
>> like a champ.  You just need good hardware, software and media. 
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>  There's another possibility. I just picked up a little gadget off eBay,
> though you can get them in stores. It's a USB cable with a block on one
> end. That block has plugs for IDE, notebook IDE, and SATA. It came with
> a little power supply that can power a hard drive. It works, and turns
> any IDE/SATA device into a USB one. No enclosure, but I've plugged 'naked'
> drives into my laptop and my PS3, and they work. For only $15, it was
> worth it, given the number of drives sitting around my house.
>
>  It's not aesthetically pleasing, but you can hook up whatever drive
> you want at that point...
>   

Got one.  Ray showed his off and it was too useful.

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