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#242628 - 26/11/2004 08:03 This looks cool....
andym carpal tunnel Registered: 17/01/2002 Posts: 3996 Loc: Manchester UK	From Scan Computers.... _________________________ Cheers, Andy M
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#242629 - 26/11/2004 09:07 Re: This looks cool.... [Re: andym]
Shonky pooh-bah Registered: 12/01/2002 Posts: 2009 Loc: Brisbane, Australia	I'd have to ask why? What advantage is there in making a portable HDD wireless? What's wrong with USB/firewire? I'm probably missing something here. _________________________ Christian #40104192 120Gb (no longer in my E36 M3, won't fit the E46 M3)
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#242630 - 26/11/2004 09:24 Re: This looks cool.... [Re: Shonky]
andym carpal tunnel Registered: 17/01/2002 Posts: 3996 Loc: Manchester UK	It was really the choice of connectivity. It's a USB external drive, a 10/100 ethernet drive and also a wireless network drive too.... and it's only 55 quid. For me a network drive would be more useful than a USB/firewire drive. _________________________ Cheers, Andy M
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#242631 - 26/11/2004 09:44 Re: This looks cool.... [Re: andym]
bonzi pooh-bah Registered: 13/09/1999 Posts: 2401 Loc: Croatia	I agree that a network-connected newtork enclosure could come handy. MS-SMB/Samba, I suppose? _________________________ Dragi "Bonzi" Raos Q#5196 MkII #080000376, 18GB green MkIIa #040103247, 60GB blue
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#242632 - 26/11/2004 17:04 Re: This looks cool.... [Re: Shonky]
hybrid8 carpal tunnel Registered: 12/11/2001 Posts: 7738 Loc: Toronto, CANADA	USB/Firewire can only be accessed by a single host computer at once. A network drive can be accessed by multiple machines without having to move the drive about. Wireless just means you don't have to locate it near a hub (though it's going to be a PITA for large file moves). Bruno _________________________ Bruno Twisted Melon : Fine Mac OS Software
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#242633 - 27/11/2004 16:49 Re: This looks cool.... [Re: hybrid8]
lastdan enthusiast Registered: 31/05/2002 Posts: 352 Loc: santa cruz,ca	this part seems a little weak: (from the like above) Question / Problem Are there any limitations on the hard drive i can use in this? Author: KB Administrator \| Date: 25/11/2004 09:42 Answer / Solution HDD functionality and limitations Supported file systems: FAT, FAT32, NTFS (read-only), EXT2, EXT3 Supported disk size: Less than 40GB Supported file size: Less than 2GB
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#242634 - 27/11/2004 17:26 Re: This looks cool.... [Re: lastdan]
andym carpal tunnel Registered: 17/01/2002 Posts: 3996 Loc: Manchester UK	That's probably just feckless oik that looks after the website. I'd probably go to the manufacturers website and check if I wanted to be sure. _________________________ Cheers, Andy M
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#242635 - 28/11/2004 07:38 Re: This looks cool.... [Re: andym]
andy carpal tunnel Registered: 10/06/1999 Posts: 5916 Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK	Quote: feckless oik Yeah. I am slightly wary of Scan (though I still buy stuff from them). I ordered some very specific IBM 18GB SCSI disks from them at one point. The drives that turned up where labelled with the same model number as the disks I had asked for. However when I came to use them a month later I discovered that they weren't even made by IBM, but had be rebranded by IBM as IBM disks. Unfortnately they were a few hundred kilobytes smaller than the IBM model they were pretending to me, which made them useless to me as I was trying to extend an existing RAID5 array. When I tried to send them back they insisted that I needed to tell them about problems like this within two weeks of purchasing. So the two disks are still sitting on the shelf waiting for when I rebuild the array. _________________________ Remind me to change my signature to something more interesting someday
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#242636 - 28/11/2004 09:21 Re: This looks cool.... [Re: andy]
mdavey enthusiast Registered: 06/03/2003 Posts: 269 Loc: Wellingborough, UK	Quote: When I tried to send them back they insisted that I needed to tell them about problems like this within two weeks of purchasing. Yea, Scam are well-known for their quality of after-sales service. I put them in the same category as Dixons Group and Watford Electronics. _________________________ Michael Ex-owner of stolen empeg #030102741
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#242637 - 28/11/2004 13:19 Re: This looks cool.... [Re: mdavey]
andy carpal tunnel Registered: 10/06/1999 Posts: 5916 Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK	Quote: Watford Electronics Ah yes, bought a 14 inch monitor from them many years ago. Got it home an hour later. There were finger prints on the glass and it wouldn't power on. When I took it back an hour after that they tried to tell me that they would have to send it away for repair. I found that standing at their sales counter making my complaint loudly got me the refund I required. The only benefit I can find of living in Watford... (I have since escaped Watford, after 18 long years there) _________________________ Remind me to change my signature to something more interesting someday
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#242638 - 28/11/2004 13:27 Re: This looks cool.... [Re: mdavey]
andy carpal tunnel Registered: 10/06/1999 Posts: 5916 Loc: Wivenhoe, Essex, UK	Quote: Dixons Group Ah yes, had the misfortune to have a holiday job in their Watford store for a while. This was back in the early nineties when five foot high, one make, "separates", "hifi" systems were the height of sophistication for Dixon's customers. I'm ashamed to admit that I was the feckless oik running around the stock room with a bottle of Mr. Sheen and a roll of Sellotape trying to marry up dusty TVs, hifi and VCRs that had been separated from their box and instructions and kicked around the stock room for a month. Putting them back in their boxes and making them appear "new" was an art form (especially for the afore mentions five foot high hifi systems). I was only following orders Still, I expect it is all different and above board nowadays Edited by andy (28/11/2004 13:30)
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#242639 - 28/11/2004 14:44 Re: This looks cool.... [Re: andy]
tman carpal tunnel Registered: 24/12/2001 Posts: 5528	Didn't they get fined ages ago for shrink wrapping returned software and selling it as new? This was back in the day of Microsoft software on floppies where it'd brand the first disk with your entered details. Somebody bought a package, took it home and tried to install it and found it came up with somebody elses details even though it was alledgely new.
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