I have the no-name sata cradle, thanks to a lead from Chuck some time
ago. Price at the time was $27, Best Buy price at that time was $57.
There's a 1TB Seagate sitting in it, and that has worked out very well.
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John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
Jim Nichols wrote:
> John,
>
> For occasional archiving, I use bare hard drives ( actually in a padded
> rubber frame ) with Newertechnology USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter. Their
> cables allow almost any hard drive to be used for external backup. Amazon
> has this for around $31, other sources even cheaper. No enclosure, so I keep
> them in a well marked box for protection.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Hermanson" <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 12:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] HDDs & BU [was OT - new monitor setup]
>
>
>> Last time I looked at our Best Buy store, the Thermaltake sata cradle
>> version was almost $60.
>> ___________________________________
>> John Hermanson | CPS, Inc.
>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>> 631-424-2121 | www.zuiko.com
>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>
>>
>> Scott Gomez wrote:
>>> Yep. Pricing is pretty close. When last I looked, the Rosewill was
>>> slightly
>>> cheaper, as its slighly higher retail price was offset by the free
>>> shipping
>>> more than the additional discount on the Thermaltake was worth.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:34 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
>>> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks. I didn't know Newegg (Rosewill) had their own version. But it
>>>> looks like the price is pretty much the same. Free shipping from Newegg
>>>> may make the difference though. I note that this version does do both
>>>> USB and eSATA. I've learned to check the photo of the connectors on the
>>>> back rather than search the description.
>>>> <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>
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