RE: [OT] (A little) : Firewire cables...

["Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Oh poo ... I should never be left alone with the internet...
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> 2 port eSATA PCI-Ex1 card with Port Multiplier support for =A319 +
VAT...
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> http://www.span.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3D15995
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> eSATA to 5 x SATA "bridgeboard" for =A331.00 + VAT...
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> http://www.span.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3D15709
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> eSATA to eSATA cables, 1m - =A33.60 + VAT...
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> http://www.span.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3D8218
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> Pack of 10 Internal SATA cables off ebay...
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> http://tinyurl.com/2wenmh
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> OK - I think that's pretty much everything that you need other than a
> mobo
> with a few PCI-E slots ... there is a PCI-Ex4 / 4xeSATA version of the
> controller card but that's =A3210!
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> :-D
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> My head hurts now... :-(
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> Phil

Add this as a mobo...

https://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?asu-m2n32p&P=3D1

... 2 x PCI-E x 16, 2 x PCI-E x 1, 2 x PCI-X and 1 x PCI + 9 x SATA -
=A311=
7,
should be enough capacity for interfaces (stick a crappy PCI graphics card
in whilst installing the OS), stick in a cheap AM2 processor (=A337) and a
=
gig
of DDR2 (what's that? =A340)

That should fairly fly under W.H.S.

Phil