----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr Skip" <drskip@gmail.com>
To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." <piclist@mit.edu>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [EE] anti-stat for disk drives


> That would help, but it's not the biggest part of the problem. Thanks.
>
> The desk space that book-like drive cases use and having to arrange a tree
> architecture of power strips for their wall warts is too much. While power
> strips of power strips of power strips may be safe from an engineering and
> electrical point of view, given the low consumption of each, it does cause 
> most
> folks to question one's sanity over it.
>
> The single (or even 2) little bases and a drawer full of 2TB drives is 
> much
> more elegant and simple. Now if it could be made a little 'safer' for the 
> data
> and electronics...
>

You used to be able to buy a "bay" that would mount right in a 5.25 inch 
drive bay in your computer and then buy multiple "sleds" that would hold 
3.5" drives and slide into the bay. I haven't seen such in quite some time.

-- Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems

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