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From: delaney@xn.ll.mit.edu (John R. Delaney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: RE: Internal HD as an external?
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Date: 24 Jan 91 18:10:10 GMT
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>Is it possible to buy a kit for an internal hard drive so that at can be
>used as an external drive?  Or is it possible to do this task without the
>aid of a kit?

Hard Disks International sells such a "kit", although they do not call it a
kit. I think they call it an enclosure. The one I priced was about
$100. Several other hard disk packagers also sell such "kits" as
replacement parts. I bought one from a well-known and well-regarded
packager (which will remain nameless as the salesman said it was a little
irregular to sell it to me). It cost twice as much but has a smaller
footprint and a quieter fan than the HDI enclosure. Transfering an internal
drive to the enclosure I bought was easy; your mileage may vary.

John