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I see Ultrabay harddrive, Ultrabay battery, Ultrabay optical
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:13 pm
by Navck
But why don't we see other device such as "Ultrabay USB + Firewire + Compact Flash Reader"
Or something pretty useful that doesn't stick out of our PCMCIA/Expresscard/USB ports?
I'm all for that!
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:04 am
by teepee
I use an optical drive only for backup purposes. But if there was an Ultrabay that had an all format card reader this would be better than optical disks as I could transfer cards to from Pocket PC and cameras. And such a reader would surely also leave space for a small (1.8cm?) HDD to provide even more backup. And probably for a Firewire 400 and 1 or 2 other useful ports too.
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 5:47 am
by desdinova
I'm sure someone more knowledgable will pipe up here, but it seems that the ultrabay can only handle IDE(drives), power(batts) and basic serial(numberpad).
Which means you could do up a multi-format card reader, but probably not firewire or USB ports.
ultrabay and firewire etc
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:58 pm
by teepee
what kind of tech do firewire and rs-232 need? and would the situation with external sata connectors be similar?
mike
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:59 pm
by storage_man
Navck
You forgot to mention Ultrabay Legacy 1.44 floppy, zip drives.
If you want a solution to your post, build a desktop - all can be done quite easily
Storage_man
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 1:47 pm
by Volker
There is one ultrabay accessory part that nobody has mentioned yet: Part number 13N5108
edit: looks like you can't link to the part... bummer. Its the "blank bezel"...
Granted of limited functionality, but nothing beats the weight
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 4:19 pm
by storage_man
Volker
Your CART was EMPTY
Storage_man
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:17 pm
by Nolonemo
storage_man wrote:Volker
Your CART was EMPTY
Storage_man
Like he said, you can't beat the weight
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 3:00 am
by Navck
Floppy = We're going to have to go "ultrathin" floppy drives here... I miss those good old things