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On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:07:30 +0100, Robin Cornelius <robin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >dave morgan wrote: > >>> >>>Robin >> >> >> I have enough bits to build a usb cd-rom drive if necessary, but have >> not decided whether to acutely buy one, 500 dollars + shipping is a >> bit expensive, still trying to find cheaper alternative in the UK. > >500$??? thats crazy, you can buy a USB CD-RW for the less than the >equilivent in pounds in Argos. If you have a conventional drive lying >around a spare power supply you can get USB/IDE convertors for £10-20. > >Robin > 500 dollar for the PC :-/ (300 quid) I have spare usb/firewire enclosure lying around, and one space cd-rom drive left. Dave -- http://www.morgad.no-ip.info/index.html gpg:0x64B5E037 Distributed Proofreaders: http://www.pgdp.net The NTP server pool http://www.pool.ntp.org -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html