EZQuest Cobra FireWire 800/USB II Drives 1.0

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EZQuest introduces Cobra+ FireWire 800
hard drive

EZQuest introduces Cobra+ FireWire 800
hard drive 03/13/2003 12:53 PM
EZQuest today announced the release of its first 1394B product -- the Cobra+ FireWire 800 external hard drive...

Cobra FireWire 800/USB II Drives 1.0

Cobra FireWire 800/USB II Drives 1.0 11/04/2003 08:21 PM
This latest firmware helps avoid problems such as data loss under Mac OS X 10.3 Panther.

EZQuest announces new Thunder FireWire
hard drives

EZQuest announces new Thunder FireWire
hard drives 07/02/2004 04:45 AM
EZQuest has announced that it is in the process of finalizing its new line of Thunder FireWire 400 and 800 external hard drives...

EZQuest to debut dual-format DVD-/+
FireWire drives

EZQuest to debut dual-format DVD-/+
FireWire drives 01/05/2004 05:29 PM
EZQuest will introduce two dual-format DVD-/DVD+ external FireWire drives at Macworld Expo this week...

New: EZQuest Boa 16x DVD+/- FireWire
drive

New: EZQuest Boa 16x DVD+/- FireWire
drive 08/20/2004 12:59 AM
EZQuest released the Boa 16x DVD+/- FireWire drive, which includes the ability to read and write 8.5 GB dual-layer DVD+R discs at 4x.

EZQuest debuts first FireWire 800 drive

EZQuest debuts first FireWire 800 drive 03/13/2003 02:07 PM

EZQuest announces new Thunder drives

EZQuest announces new Thunder drives 07/02/2004 07:59 AM
Storage peripheral maker EZQuest has announced plans to release a new line of external hard drives designed for digital media professionals, including video editing, computer animation, pro audio and game development. The new Thunder line sports FireWire 400 and 800 interfaces, with a design that EZQuest describes as half the size of competitive drives. The drives will include syncing software as well. Further details are expected to be released this month, and the drives will ship in August.

EZQuest intros new Pro Audio FW 800
drives

EZQuest intros new Pro Audio FW 800
drives 02/19/2004 08:01 AM
EZQuest today introduced a new line of FireWire 800 hard drives that are optimized for digital audio...

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EZQuest updates FW800 drives, offers
firmware fix

EZQuest updates FW800 drives, offers
firmware fix 11/04/2003 07:32 AM
Storage peripheral maker EZQuest announced Monday that all of its FireWire 800-equipped drives are shipping with updated firmware to correct a previously identified problem with Mac OS X v10.3 "Panther."

EZQuest offers 'Pro Audio' FW800 hard
drives

EZQuest offers 'Pro Audio' FW800 hard
drives 02/19/2004 08:35 AM
Storage peripheral maker EZQuest has introduced a new of FireWire 800-equipped Cobra+ Pro Audio hard drives that it says are optimized for use with digital audio applications. The drives feature 7200RPM mechanisms and 8MB buffers, and are available in 120, 200 and 250GB capacities.

OWC FireWire 800 Drives 1.05

OWC FireWire 800 Drives 1.05 11/06/2003 05:02 PM
Perform this update to prevent loss of data when using the drives in conjuction with Mac OS X 10.3 Panther.

An OS 9 / Classic fix for unmountable
FireWire drives

An OS 9 / Classic fix for unmountable
FireWire drives 08/27/2004 01:38 PM
I have had a ongoing problem with miscellaneous FireWire drives that won't mount. Clicking on the grayed-out drive in the Disk Utility only creates an endless beachball. After trying DiskWarrior, Data Rescue, and other variou...

External FireWire Hard Drives

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FireWire Hard Drives and The Future of
the TBU

FireWire Hard Drives and The Future of
the TBU 06/12/2004 06:49 PM

I bought a FireWire hard drive enclosure the other day, and I'm awfully happy with it. It cost about $45 and I filled it with an old 40GB hard drive I had lying around. It works beautifully — plug it into a FireWire port and you get a G: drive.

It makes me wonder what'll happen to the venerable tape backup unit (TBU). I have a TBU on my server, but it's old, slow, cranky, and only holds 20GB. Furthermore, 20GB tapes are like, $30 while hard drives are running less than a dollar per gigabyte these days.

Right now, I can think of no reason why I would use my TBU for anything anymore. Am I missing something? I imagine that tapes are physically pretty durable, certainly more so than a hard drive, but is there anything else?

I'm using this portable hard drive for off-site backups. Once a week, I'll bring the drive in, copy the latest backups onto it, and take it home where it will sit on my bookshelf for a week until I bring it in again to refresh the backups.

FireWire hard drives, incidentally, are fast as lightning. I have a small RAID Tower which runs via FireWire. You'd never know it wasn't an internal SCSI drive. In fact, I installed a very CPU- and I/O-intensive server process on it once and it ran beautifully. Again, the simplicity is amazing — plug it in and you get an F: drive, end of story.

I'm so impressed with the utility of these things that I'd go so far as call them mandatory equipment for your PC. The enclosure will cost you $45. I found a 40GB Maxtor drive on Froogle for $32. I bought a FireWire card and cable on eBay last year for $15. That's $92 for 40GB of removable storage that you can throw in a fanny pack — tough to beat.

On my next PC, I'm going to physically separate the operating system from my data files. I'll keep all my data on an external FireWire unit, and only keep the OS and program files on the internal IDE unit. I'd love for my PC to be essentially disposable. If I have a problem, just pave and reload it knowing that all my data files are safe and secure a few feet away on the external unit. Perversely, I may mirror them on the internal drive just for redundancy.

For the record, I bought the Metal Gear Box from NewEgg. It was rock simple to get running — find a hard drive, physically screw it into the unit, plug it two cables, then plug it into the PC.

I'm not thrilled with look of the thing — it's all brushed aluminum and black metal grating. (Kind of makes me feel like a 40-year-old man driving around in a lowered Civic with a big wing on the back.) Additionally, when you put it down, there's no padding or rubber stops, so it kind of clanks against the desk, which makes me a little nervous.

Anyway, the theory is valid. External hard drives: good. FireWire: great. Go get one.

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Iomega begins shipping new FireWire REV
drives

Iomega begins shipping new FireWire REV
drives 08/02/2004 12:23 PM
Iomega has begun shipping its FireWire REV drives. These drives offer up to 90GB of storage. Along with being eight times faster than tape drives it costs less (somewhere around half the price of average tape drives).

Data storage leader Iomega has begun shipment of its brand new FireWire version of its Iomega REV drive. The new product, the REV 35GB 1394/Firewire drive, allows Mac users a supposedly powerful, high-performance way to back-up there machines or for large, portable file storage. The REV drive was originally launched back in April, and available in USB 2.0 and ATAPI models. The device got praise from the computer industry and press, and was presented with the "Best of CeBIT America" award. SCSI and Serial ATA models are expected to arrive later in the year.

This new FireWire drive comes in a two-tone design – white and light grey, in order to coordinate with the Mac's other products. That ought to keep fashion-conscious computer-yuppies happy, at least. Each REV FireWire drive will come with a Mac-formatted REV disk, so you can get to work straight out of the box. The disk can apparently be "easily reformatted" for PC users.

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OWC issues updated firmware for its
FireWire 800 drives

OWC issues updated firmware for its
FireWire 800 drives 10/31/2003 01:42 AM
Hardware-reseller Other World Computing (OWC) on Friday issued a firmware updater for its Mercury Elite line of FireWire 800 drives. The updater fixes a problem between FireWire 800 hard drives and Mac OS X Panther, first reported by MacCentral late last night.

TikiMac offers aluminum Kuna
FireWire/USB drives

TikiMac offers aluminum Kuna
FireWire/USB drives 07/06/2004 12:10 PM
TikiMac today announced the immediate availability of its new Kuna series of external hard drives...

Important: glitch in Apple's Panther
erases connected FireWire drives

Important: glitch in Apple's Panther
erases connected FireWire drives 11/01/2003 05:17 AM
So shall I install Panther or not? .. disconnect your FireWire drive

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FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
Storage Devices Compared

FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
Storage Devices Compared 04/05/2005 01:27 AM

By James Galbraith and Jeffy Milstead, Macworld

FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
External Storage Devices Compared

FireWire Hard Drives: Portable, Desktop
External Storage Devices Compared 03/17/2005 03:10 AM

By James Galbraith and Jeffy Milstead, Macworld

FireWire 800 Drives With Oxford 922:
Apple Statement; LaCie, WiebeTech, OWC
Updates; Oxford Statement; Taking
Precautions

FireWire 800 Drives With Oxford 922:
Apple Statement; LaCie, WiebeTech, OWC
Updates; Oxford Statement; Taking
Precautions 10/31/2003 09:38 PM
(MacFixIt via MyAppleMenu)

FireWire Depot intros FireWire optical
repeater

FireWire Depot intros FireWire optical
repeater 09/22/2004 02:19 AM
FireWire Depot has introduced the Newnex FireNEX-MX, an optical repeater for transmitting FireWire 400 and 800 data signals over multi mode optical fiber cable up to 3,280 feet long. It's slightly larger than a deck of cards and contains two 6-pin FireWire 400 ports and one FireWire 800 port. According to the FireWire Depot Web site, the Newnex FireNEX-MX will be in stock on Oct. 11 for US$850, with optical cables available in lengths from 32 to 3,280 feet, starting at $65.

New: FireWire Depot FireWire 800
releases

New: FireWire Depot FireWire 800
releases 06/10/2004 09:58 AM
FireWire Depot released four new FireWire 800 products: a CardBus adapter, a repeater/hub, a PCI host adapter, and a FireWire 800/USB 2.0 bridge board.

Deadly Cobra

Deadly Cobra 12/31/2004 04:24 AM
DeadlyCobra 0.7.0 provides multiplayer support

Raidmax Cobra 822 Case @ OCIA.net

Raidmax Cobra 822 Case @ OCIA.net 05/21/2004 03:41 AM

¿Cuánto se cobra en el sector de la
informática?

¿Cuánto se cobra en el sector de la
informática? 06/01/2004 08:17 PM

Raidmax Cobra Mid-Tower Case Review at
3DX

Raidmax Cobra Mid-Tower Case Review at
3DX 04/30/2004 04:58 AM

Collector's Collections Gallery: Cobra
Angelus

Collector's Collections Gallery: Cobra
Angelus 01/03/2005 03:22 AM
Today's Collector's Collections update features the collection of Cobra Angelus from Calvados, France.

Cobra bites at hand that feeds it
(Reuters)

Cobra bites at hand that feeds it
(Reuters) 06/22/2005 02:18 AM
Reuters - A snake handler in Cyprus was fighting for his life Tuesday after a king cobra bit the hand that fed him, authorities said.

New: EZQuest EZ-Disk USB 2.0

New: EZQuest EZ-Disk USB 2.0 05/11/2004 09:12 AM
EZQuest released the EZ-Disk USB 2.0 flash drive, which measures 1.88 inches x .75 inch x .13 inch, approximately the length and thickness of two quarters.

DGI’s CoBRA® Supports Homeland Security
Efforts at Inauguration

DGI’s CoBRA® Supports Homeland Security
Efforts at Inauguration 02/05/2005 10:00 PM
Defense Group Inc. (DGI) continued its support of first responders in the Global War on terrorism in the nation’s capitol by providing software with a “tactical mapping” module for event security at the Presidential inauguration on January 20, 2005. [PRWEB Feb 3, 2005]

EZQuest introduces 16X DVD drive

EZQuest introduces 16X DVD drive 08/19/2004 02:56 PM
EZQuest today announced its new 16x Boa DVD+/- FireWire drive that is compatible with all popular CD and DVD media types, including 8.5GB dual-layer DVD...

EZQuest offers USB 2.0 keychain drive

EZQuest offers USB 2.0 keychain drive 05/10/2004 07:16 AM
Hard drive-maker EZQuest on Monday announced the release of the EZ-Disk USB 2.0 flash drive. The drive, which is backward compatible with USB 1.1, can copy files at speeds up to 950KB/sec, according to the company. The EZ-Disk drives will be available in 128MB, 256MB and 512MB capacities and will retail for $49, $79 and $149, respectively. The drives are comapatible with Mac OS 9, Mac OS 10.1 or later, and various flavors of Windows.

EZQuest debuts Boa Slim DVD-RW drive

EZQuest debuts Boa Slim DVD-RW drive 03/13/2003 10:20 AM
EZQuest today introduced its new external Boa Slim DVD-RW drive...

EZQuest Offers Boa Slim DVD-RW Drive

EZQuest Offers Boa Slim DVD-RW Drive 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
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IFD-iV Flash Drives Masquerade as ATA
Hard Drives

IFD-iV Flash Drives Masquerade as ATA
Hard Drives 07/15/2004 08:59 AM

For embedded computing hackers, mass storage (like hard drives) is often the most frustrating piece of the puzzle, as the fragile and power-hungry spin of the hard drive is usually the last non-solid-state part in the whole deployment. And while most engineers will just use a Compact Flash card, sometimes the only option is an ATA (hard drive) connection; that's where the IFD-iV flash memory parts from IO Data Device Corporation come in. Basically just flash memory drives, the defining feature of the IFD-iVs (besides fairly rugged operating specifications) is that they use the standard ATA connection of a hard drive, meaning they can be deployed in place of hard drives when necessary. Models up to 2GB in capacity will be available for around $2,100 -- maybe we'll just deal with the fragile hard drives instead.
Read - Flash memory ATA hard drive [TechJapan]

Update: Reader Tom Lee brings up a much cheaper option for hackers on a budget (after the jump.)

Win XP SP2 "turns Firewire 800 into
Firewire 100".

Win XP SP2 "turns Firewire 800 into
Firewire 100". 08/12/2004 12:38 AM
The Inquirer: Win XP SP2 "turns Firewire 800 into Firewire 100".

EZQuest: Perhaps the World's Smallest
USB Flash Memory Drive

EZQuest: Perhaps the World's Smallest
USB Flash Memory Drive 05/10/2004 01:27 PM
Oh nos! The (claimed) world's smallest USB flash memory drive is upon us, this time from EZQuest. The USB 2.0 drive is only 'two-quarters long and two-quarters thick,' making it at least a contender for the title, if not the absolute smallest (the Pretec drive will be arguably smaller). 128MB...

Macworld: New Boa Slim dual-format drive
from EZQuest

Macworld: New Boa Slim dual-format drive
from EZQuest 01/08/2004 07:27 PM
EZQuest introduced the new Boa Slim dual-format external DVD-/DVD+ FireWire drive at Macworld Conference & Expo on Wednesday.
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The FireWire/USB Hard Drive With USB,
UDH-UEH400

The FireWire/USB Hard Drive With USB,
UDH-UEH400 03/23/2005 04:53 AM

IO Data Device has come up with another hum-dinger. If you were to put an enormous hard drive inside a USB 2.0/FireWire casing, give it some blue LEDs, and add a USB port, you'd end up with the 400GB "UDH-UEH400." Not only does it connect by USB (or FireWire), but it has a USB port. If you're like me and have a single USB port on your computer, you certainly wouldn't want it being taken up by just a hard drive. Yeah, I know daisy chaining has been around for years and years with SCSI (and thus FireWire, its distant cousin), but I think this is one of the first applications of it I've seen in USB form. Somehow, it can even recognize USB devices if you connect the drive by FireWire. Don't ask me how that works; I didn't realize something like that was even possible.

Press Release [IO Data Device]

Apple to address Panther/FireWire drive
problems

Apple to address Panther/FireWire drive
problems 10/30/2003 09:21 PM
Apple on Thursday responded to concerns that Mac OS X 10.3 Panther disables external FireWire hard drives...

FireWire Depot offers new 2.5" hard
drive enclosure

FireWire Depot offers new 2.5" hard
drive enclosure 12/03/2003 07:19 PM
FireWire Depot today introduced the Speedzter2-800, a new 2.5-inch hard drive enclosure that sports both FireWire 800 and USB 2.0 connectivity...

LaCie Porsche Mobile Hard Drive USB
2.0/FireWire

LaCie Porsche Mobile Hard Drive USB
2.0/FireWire 01/04/2005 06:46 AM
ZDNet UK Jan 4 2005 11:01AM GMT

Panther/FireWire Drive Problems: Apple's
Statement; More Firmware Updates; LaCie
Comments; Recommendations; More

Panther/FireWire Drive Problems: Apple's
Statement; More Firmware Updates; LaCie
Comments; Recommendations; More 11/06/2003 08:32 PM
Our reports on FireWire hard drive problems with Panther continue today with updated announcements from Apple, additional statements and firmware updates from drive vendors, comments and information from LaCie, and some more MacFixIt recommendations. (MacFixIt via MyAppleMenu)

Audio Hijack Pro 2 ... Coming Soon To A
Hard Drive Near You

Audio Hijack Pro 2 ... Coming Soon To A
Hard Drive Near You 05/19/2004 06:02 PM
Rogue Amoeba is pleased to officially announce Audio Hijack Pro 2, slated for release in July of 2004. Just like the original Audio Hijack Pro, version two will allow users to record and enhance any audio played by their Mac. Audio Hijack Pro 2 is still great for recording internet radio streams from programs like RealPlayer, burning DVD audio to CD, or saving old vinyl and cassettes into iTunes for digital playback. For full feature details and info on Audio Hijack 2.0. click this.

Test Drive | Here's help finding things
on car drive or hard drive

Test Drive | Here's help finding things
on car drive or hard drive 12/25/2003 04:27 AM
Philadelphia Inquirer Dec 25 2003 3:36AM ET

JVC's Mystery Hard Drive Camcorders
Revealed: They're Hard Drive Camcorders

JVC's Mystery Hard Drive Camcorders
Revealed: They're Hard Drive Camcorders 09/14/2004 11:18 AM

Oops, I almost forgot about these new cameras announced from JVC - the ones they've been hyping up to no end as their big "mystery product." Basically, they're camcorders with hard drives in them - a 4GB microdrive, to be exact. They look pretty cool and everything, but they're really most interesting because they are the first consumer camcorder with a built-in hard drive, not because they do anything particularly unique. That being said, I fully support this idea, and think most consumer recording technology should move to hard drives as soon as possible (I'll be waiting until you can get something with a bigger hard drive than 4GB for less than $1,500, though).

Both models (the GZ-MC100 and the GZ-MC200) can record up to 9Mbps in MPEG2, though, which is DVD quality.

Read - Press Release (Japanese) [VictorJP via SorobanGeeks]< /p>

David "SD8957" Chait has a less cynical take on the new camcorders, along with more stats and pictures.
Read - JVC Intros Everio Digital Camera with 4GB Microdrive [Chait]

With a complete computer system,
including the hard drive, processor and
DVD drive, the iMac G5 is only about

With a complete computer system,
including the hard drive, processor and
DVD drive, the iMac G5 is only about 09/02/2004 05:47 AM
Xinhua News Agency Sep 2 2004 10:20AM GMT

Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 40GB Flash
Memory Reading Hard Drive

Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 40GB Flash
Memory Reading Hard Drive 06/30/2004 12:37 PM

The Vosonic X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 is 40GB external hard drive that is clunky, cheap-looking, has a crappy text-only integrated screen, plays MP3s, but not WMA, AAC, or OGG Vorbis, and can only read from one card from its card reader at a time. So why would any photographer want it? Because it's cheap, it does the primary job it was designed to do (act as remote backup for memory cards), and can accept as many additional 2.5-inch laptop hard drives as you want to swap into it, meaning that all other things aside, you can purchase this single $335 drive and continue to upgrade it for only the price of additional hard drives.
Read - Hard disk: X'S-Drive Pro VP 300 [BIOS]

Console Drive makes hard drive removable
or external

Console Drive makes hard drive removable
or external 06/04/2004 03:52 PM
Addonics Technologies announced on Friday the release of its Console Drive, which turns a standard 3.5-inch hard drive into either aremovable internal hard drive cartridge or an external hard drive thatconnects to your Mac via USB 2.0 or 1.1, FireWire, SCSI or a PCMCIA slot,depending on the model you choose. Internally, the Console Drive can connectto a Power Mac's Serial ATA slot. In addition, the Console Drive acceptsAddonics' series of Pocket CD, DVD, CD-RW and DVD+/-R/RW drives, all ofwhich are Mac compatible.

M-Audio FireWire 1814

M-Audio FireWire 1814 08/06/2004 02:51 PM
A portable multi-track recording studio? It's not as far-fetched as it sounds. With mobile recording in mind, we review M-Audio's latest FireWire audio interface and see if you can really move with the music.

FireWire audio controller IC demoed

FireWire audio controller IC demoed 01/05/2004 01:14 AM
A dedicated FireWire audio controller IC will be launched and demonstrated by Oxford Semiconductor this week...

Apple: FireWire Audio Driver

Apple: FireWire Audio Driver 04/22/2004 09:19 AM
An update is recommended for FireWire audio devices based on the "BeBoB".

HarmonyAudio mates audio to Mac via
FireWire

HarmonyAudio mates audio to Mac via
FireWire 12/22/2004 01:43 AM
London, UK-based Miglia Technology on Monday introduced HarmonyAudio, an external FireWire-based audio input designed especially for musicians. It's an interface that's compatible with any analog audio source and works with Apple Computer Inc.'s GarageBand, Logic, Logic Express or any other application that supports Mac OS X's Core Audio technology.

EZQuest Cobra FireWire 800/USB II Drives 1.0

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