Cheap Adapter Solutions For Purists
Contents
- 1. Requiem For Floppy Disk, CD And DVD Storage
- 2. Hard Drive Enclosures
- 3. Icybox IB-355-U: Flashes When Transmitting
- 4. Icybox IB-355-U, Continued
- 5. Icybox IB-350UE-BL: Cool Design With Blue Lighting Effects
- 6. Icybox IB-350UE-BL, Continued
- 7. Icybox IB-350US: Comes With A Fast Serial ATA Converter
- 8. Icybox IB-350US, Continued
- 9. Kingwin's KH-350U Goes Disco
- 10. Kingwin KH-350U, Continued
- 11. Lindy ME-720SI: Serial-ATA Goes External
- 12. Lindy ME-720U2SI: Internal IDE, External S-ATA And USB 2.0
- 13. Lindy ME-720F2U2: Pricey IEEE1394b Enclosure
- 14. Lindy ME-720F2U2, Continued
- 15. MaPower Combo MAP-H31C2: Heavy And Expensive
- 16. MaPower Combo MAP-H31C2, Continued
- 17. MaPower Warps MAP-KC31U2G: Flashy Design
- 18. Sharkoon's Rocketpod: Complicated Assembly
- 19. Sharkoon Rocketpod, Continued
- 20. Vantec Nexstar NST-350UF: Flyweight At 240 G
- 21. Vantec Nexstar NST-350UF, Continued
- 22. Cheap Adapter Solutions For Purists
- 23. ARP Hi-Speed Adapter, Continued
- 24. HWShop4U USB/IDE Converter Offers No Power Supply To The Board
- 25. The Wiebetech Combodock Offers An Aluminum Enclosure With An IEEE1394b Connection
- 26. Wiebetech Combodock, Continued
- 27. Benchmark Results
- 28. Evaluation
- 29. Our Recommendations
- 30. Technical Data
22. Cheap Adapter Solutions For Purists
ARP Hi-Speed Adapter: A Tiny Device With A Lot Of Effect
The Hi-Speed adapter is plugged into the IDE hard drive instead of an IDE cable thus making the drive USB 2.0 compatible. An external mains unit powers the drive and the adapter. The device can be run on any PC without a reboot - provided the connections exist. The current Windows and Mac systems do not require an extra driver for this. After connecting the adapter to a USB port, the drive declares itself automatically and is ready for use after a few seconds. Our tests showed that even CD and DVD burners can be run through the adapter without a hitch. With an IDE hard drive, the data transfer rate is an average 20 MB/s, a perfectly adequate speed.
Small and practical USB adapter
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