Iomega REV drives?

[Nate]

I recieved a beta Rev a couple years ago, 35gig version. I was very excited about using it because most of my projects top out around 30 gigs. One Rev disc per project not bad… But one big problem, it came with only PC drivers,, no Mac drivers, no typical Mac access. So I called tech support no help, over a year later I see in the press that Iomega is pushing them hard, so I call tech support, new mac driver…. but still very iffy… The Rev has not made it beyond my email-billing computer and I was hoping for the best.. It is still plugged in sitting right next to my Orb drive and never used…

Instead I went to CompUSA, purchased an external Firewire CD rom enclosure and their removeable drive rig/trays… $60 bucks for the Firewire enclosure, $20 for the removeable rig, and $9 for the trays..

That and 2 rivits and I was a humming… yes the fans in the trays are noisey until they warm up… but I just use them for storage and back-up and now have over 20 trays with 250 or 300 gig HD in them…

They are great…

[Chris Poisson]

Ya know, the great thing about this forum is that even when you hear stuff you think you didn’t want to hear, when it’s as well thought out as what’s in this thread, it just sinks in and makes perfect sense.

I already have two two-drive enclosures from ProMax, I see I can easyly buy drives to stick in them for backup, don’t know why I didn’t think of that until now, but with them, both systems are covered. Thanks guys!

[Chris Poisson]

edit,

Could you give me a bit more info on exactly what your enclosures are, brand etc? I’m curious.

[Daryl K davis]

A few years ago I took my 2 Jaz drives down to the swamp and shot them… end of story.

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DK Davis / Editor/ Post Super
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[Nate]

Please Iomega Surviors, don’t take your old drives and parts down to my favorite swamp and then blast them with lead… My favorite friends, the frogs and salimanders do not thrive well with lead in their diet or the mercury and other toxins.

I used CompUSA parts for my external enclosure that has 2x 1394a and a USB 2 port. It is just called a 5.25 Aluminum External Enclosure for use with 5.25 drive… SKU#317414 and just add their 5.25 removeble tray rig plus drill 2 holes add 2 rivets.. and there you are.. Add hard drive of course.

I do have to say that I have not seen this item in their stores the last 2 months. It might be mail order only, now… But I have seen the same case under different names on the net. So I am sure it is just basic case anybody can stamp with a name.

[Chris Poisson]

Edit,

Thanks for this, but I’m still not understanding the last part, about the removable tray rig, what it does, or why one has to jury rig it with the drilling and rivots. Bear with me, can you please explain?

[Nate]

The removeable enclosure that I purchased at CompUSA was not engineered for a removeable Hard drive 5.25″ rig. I drilled 2 holes thru the bottom of the enclosure and added 2 rivets so when you removed the tray the whole rig would not come with it..

This is an external Firewire enclosure that allows me to remove and add blank Hard drives at will. This is using a Hot-swap 5.25 rig and tray.