External cases for internal IDE drives; LiveCDs

[moliver-fC0AHe2n+mcIvw5+aKnW+Pd9D2ou9A/h at public.gmane.org]

Quoting James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>:

> moliver-fC0AHe2n+mcIvw5+aKnW+Pd9D2ou9A/h at public.gmane.org wrote:
>> Does anyone have any experience with external cases
>> (USB or parallel port) for internal IDE drives?  I
>> need one to work with quite an old drive (4GB).  It
>> came with a Dell machine; I know Dell sometimes has
>> some incompatibilities.  Will that make a difference?
>
> I recently bought an Adaptec case, from Factory Direct, for $20.  It 
> works well.

Thanks.  What's "Factory Direct"?  A search brings up unrelated
stuff; Adaptec themselves want fifty bucks for the case.

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