Just saw Philip Elder’s post about USB adapters for hard disks
I’ve been using USB hard disk adapters for years. The original one i had was USB 1 and game with an additional fiddly bit so you could use it on laptop drives as well.
As soon as the SATA version become available (the one Phil talks about) i picked one up straight away, as it meant i only needed one cable for all drives (granted you have to carry the power adapters too!)
So if you’re in the UK and Phil’s original post interested you i got mine from directusbstore.co.uk which recently became usbnow.co.uk – specific product here. They also have loads of other different usb gadgets
So what tools do you take for granted? As i originally said i’ve been using these cables for ages and you sometimes assume everyone knows about these sorts of things.
Care to share what lives in your “tech bag” on a permanent basis?
Just to get started…..
RJ45 couplers – use these to join two network cables together. I wouldn’t use one for permanent connection but useful when that cable isn’t quite long enough
Crossover adapter – less relevant now as lots of equipment is autosensing but instead of specifically carrying a cross-over cable this adapter turns a standard cable into a crossover (or vice versa)
What about you?
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A quick scan of the Tubb-o-toolkit ™ shows… Compressed Air and other Cleaning Materials, Compaq Multi-Head Screwdriver, A Duster, A Ruler (is it a 9mm Fan or a 12mm – you’ll be glad you had the ruler to hand…), a spare IDE cable, spare FDD cable, ADSL Filter, Bag’o’Screws, Molex Power Splitter, Cat5e In-Line Coupler, A Telecomms “Mod Tap”, Cable Ties, USB Cable, CAT5e Crossover Cable, Modem Cable, Network Cable Tester, a Label Printer (my favourite tool) and… a Cuddly Toy.
Only Kidding on the Cuddly Toy. 😉
I used to carry a USB HDD and External CD-RW as well, but with USB Keydisks growing in size I just keep one on my keyring now.