Rainer Zocholl wrote: > egalus@xxxxxx(Norbert Goebel) 13.09.06 18:21 > > > >>Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: >> >>>Not excatly. >>> >>>I would call it "semy-online"-storage. >>> >>>Normaly the HDDs are switched off. >>>But as they are connected to USB-Power-Switches they can be switched >>>on/off automatically by the computer.(*) >>> > > >>Hi, > > >>I just got interested when I read USB-Power-Switches and the >>possibility to switch on/off the hdds automatically by the computer. >>As a quick google search only showed rubbish on the first 3 pages >>searching for usb power switches it would be nice if you could post >>some links to such products. > > > Those devices are relatively expensive. > Typically 50E per Plug. "Mine" are much cheaper per Plug. 5 EUR + VAT actually. See other mail. Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous.