Mac OS 9 Lives
Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Storage => Topic started by: MacTron on August 26, 2015, 11:04:40 AM
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Cheap and simple eSATA solution:
(http://img.dxcdn.com/productimages/sku_46985_1.jpg)
http://www.dx.com/p/a-836-2-5-usb-esata-external-hdd-enclosure-46985
Works on Mac Os 9. The adaptor is powered by the USB plug.
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Works on Mac Os 9. The adaptor is powered by the USB plug.
With an Acard ESata card?
Some 7200 rpm drives demand extra power.
I have tried USB 2.0 2.5" boxes that cant spin 7200 drives
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its true i had a 7200 rpm drive that i had to plug in 2 USB ports to get enuff power for the drive
but its still interesting.. so its powered by usb..and then plugs into an ESATA port..
not so sure i would be interested in using such a device but for someone with a powerbook G4 + PCMCIA Esata card such as the Firmtek 1SM2 that would be perfect (probably more perfect to use a 5400 RPM drive to ensure it can power up with a single USB port)
http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-1sm2/
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I have tested it with my Seritek 1ve2plus2
http://www.firmtek.com/seritek/seritek-1ve2plus2/
If the USB host does not provide enough power to work properly, you always can connect it to a external USB power adaptor, very common now a days ...
... and to notice, that this eSATA can achieve arround 120 MB/sec. more than *twice* the speed of FW400.
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it looks like this wholesaler has pirated the yamaha DX logo from the dx7 .. look at the watermark on the image!! LOL ;D
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If you only have SATA (internal) and wish to add an eSATA (external), a cheap adaptor like this can be used:
(http://img.dxcdn.com/productimages/sku_81167_1.jpg)
http://www.dx.com/p/single-port-sata-to-esata-cable-pci-bracket-81167