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A
Closer Look:::...
The
drive arrived cleverly sandwiched between two sheets of
rubber which do a first class job of isolating it from any
knocks and bumps along the way.
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Packaged
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Obviously
the drive itself is very small, in fact it's 2.75 inches
wide by just shy of four inches long and incredibly just
over a third of an inch thick.
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The
Drive - Top
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Okay
so it's only a PCB, but it's in a shade other than "PCB
Bottle-Green" and I like the little things like that.
No, don't email me telling me it's irrelevant and can't
even be seen once it's fitted, I'm aware of all that, I've
just had a very sheltered up-bringing and little things
like this do it for me. I won't be increasing the score
as a result of the PCB colour though so don't panic.
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The
Drive - Bottom
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Getting
two platters of any capacity in there is staggering, let
alone two 50GB platters!
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The
Drive - Side View
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Those
four pins on their own over on the right are actually the
jumpers, should you need them.
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The
Drive - End View
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| Jumper |
P28
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Drive |
| No Jumper |
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Master Drive |
| C-D Jumper |
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Slave Drive |
| B-D jumper |
LOW
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Master Drive |
| B-D Jumper |
HIGH
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Slave Drive |
| Prohibit A-B Jumper |
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| Prohibit A-C Jumper |
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I'm
not sure why I've included a picture of the label, I guess
it's a gesture of support for those of you with the rare,
but much misunderstood problem of label fetishism. And for
that small but happy band of barcode spotters that I know
visit the site from time to time.
Scale
can be hard to judge in a photo so here's a picture of the
MK1031GAS and an AA battery getting cozy. Naturally it's
a Toshiba AA battery, we don't want any inbreeding diluting
the DNA.
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