IDE HDD Docks?

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Wipeout

Limp Gawd
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So, In my shift to SATA drives in the last year, I've got quite a few perfectly fine IDE drives sitting around. Is there a "dock" out there like the Thermaltake BlacX dock except for IDE instead of SATA? Or, alternatively, 3.5" enclosures that support both IDE and SATA?

I already have an IDE-USB adapter, but was hoping to not have to buy 5 IDE-USB enclosures, because eventually IDE will be dead to me. :p
 
I haven't come across any IDE docks, but you can certainly get enclosures that do both IDE and SATA.
 
Just wanted to add for those that are interested, this unit is not as appealing for me after I found the manual.

The reason being that IDE drives still need to use a cable to attach to the unit. At first glance I thought they would mount thru another slot in the top of the unit but as it turns out only SATA drives can use the slot mount.

I was willing to forgive the slow USB connection to the computer for the convience of IDE slot loading, but as it is my current universal adaptor does the same IDE connection but it's cheaper.

There were a few IDE docking stations but AFAIK they're no longer being made because of the difficulity of aligning the IDE pins. :(

Close but no cigar! :D
 
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