[UFO Chicago] New laptop HD

[Jesse Becker]

--- Sean Neakums <sneakums@ufo.chicago.il.us> wrote:
> commence  Nate Riffe quotation:
> > Just now Jesse Becker made 15 LEDs in my apartment flash with this:
> >> Now, I've heard tell that there are adapters that can be used in
> >> full sized drive bays to access laptop drives.  Anyone have one or
> >> know where to get one?
> >
> > My favorite adapter for odd-sized drives is the DT adapter, which
> > can house a drive of any size.  The only thing you need worry about
> > is the bus, which ought to be IDE on your laptop.  DT adapters can
> > be found in any hardware store under the name "duct tape".
> 
> The cable connector on 2.5" drives is different, though.  It's smaller
> and has the power lines integrated into it.  I wouldn't worry about
> mounting the drive itself securely, unless you live on a boat or
> something.

Yeah, I'm less worried about the physical mounting bracket (I can have my
hordes of gerbil minons construct something out of bailing twine, Q-tips,
and oragami paper), than I am about the connector--they are different as
Sean pointed out.

--Jesse

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