Addonics Converts SATA Drives or Optical Devices to IDE Interface Drives, External USB/Firewire Interface or 'Write Blocked' IDE Drive.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Addonics Technologies today announced a SATA (Serial ATA) A serial version of the ATA (IDE) interface, which has been the de facto standard hard disk interface for desktop PCs for more than two decades. The original Parallel ATA (PATA) interface was launched in 1986. - IDE/ATAPI solution, which converts Serial ATA See SATA. Serial ATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) hard drives or SATA optical storage devices to standard IDE interface storage devices, external USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. or Firewire interface. With this converter, any Serial ATA hard drive can also become a read only drive by using the standard IDE Write blocker. Users simply attach the Addonics converter to the back of any SATA storage device and instantly the SATA drive can be used as a standard IDE or ATAPI (AT Attachment Packet Interface) The specification for ATA (IDE) tape drives and CD-ROMs. See IDE. ATAPI - AT Attachment Packet Interface device in any application that has been tested and certified for IDE storage. The Addonics SATA - IDE/ATAPI converter, when combined with the Addonics External Drive Enclosure can turn any SATA hard drive into an external USB or Firewire hard drive. The solution is perfect for accessing data stored on SATA hard drives on computers that do not have a SATA interface. The converter also enables SATA hard drives to use existing IDE write blocking hardware and software solutions, which makes it an appropriate solution for forensics See computer forensics. applications. The write-blocking feature prevents accidental and intentional destruction of data and preserves evidence for computer crime/security investigations. The Addonics SATA - IDE/ATAPI converter is also an excellent tool for installing SATA storage in systems with only IDE connections. The converter supports large hard drives of 137 GB or larger in one partition. The mini board size (75mm x 26mm) mounts directly to the back of SATA hard drive. The solution is bootable and requires no drivers for operation. It is compatible with any operating system (Windows, DOS, Mac, Linux, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). ) that supports IDE or ATAPI storage devices. List price for the SATA to IDE/ATAPI converter (model: ADSAIDE) is $29. The External Drive Enclosure, SATA to USB 2.0 (model:AE5SACSU2), is list priced at $66 and the External Drive Enclosure, SATA to USB 2.0 & Firewire/iLink (model: AE5SACSUF), is $95. Addonics products are available through the company online store www.shopaddonics.com, major catalog companies, resellers, VARs and distributors, including StorageUSA.com, Newegg.com, Amazon.com, PC Connection, CDW CDW - data warehouse , Buy.com, Provantage.com, Insight, Ingram Micro, and Ma Labs. Addonics Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of external storage products. Addonics is headquartered at 2466 Kruse Drive, San Jose, CA 95131, Phone: 408-433-3899. Visit Addonics at www.addonics.com |
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