Hey all,
So as was mentioned once in a while recently, i'm rebuilding the TTB hardware. Still hoping to find someone who wants the old 500GB ATA HDDs or someone willing to donate new SATA 1TB HDDs, but aside from that there is another more significant hardware matter where i'm seeking your input.
The new TTBs will be single-drive and use the uber-kickass enclosure discussed in this thread. This will allow us to make the whole affair smaller, lighter, and generally better for transport. I'm basing things around more compact Pelican 1200 series cases (as opposed to the old 1400s we used to have) and that will limit usable space somewhat.
Here's how things are looking thus far...
Now that larger cutout space is exactly the size of the new enclosure being used. (No photo of it nestled in there... it's in the garage as a coat of paint dries at the moment.)
The lower cutout section will have to house all the supporting equipment. Fortunately, the new hardware will do away with the need for wall warts and power bricks, so just an ISO power cable (which i've cut down) will satisfy electric requirements. (I'm keeping the "salt shaker" style universal plug adapter from Targus that we have been using thus far and possibly a one-to-three splitter in case people are working with limited outlets)
My real question concerns what data cables we should have. Space being limited, what should we be supporting on that front? Here's what the enclosures come with...
Naturally, USB is a given. Where it gets questionable pertains to the FireWire and eSATA. How many people in the field will have desktops vs laptops, do you think? The mini FireWire (4 circuit) makes sense since that's what most laptops feature nowadays. If someone has a desktop with FireWire or eSATA do we assume that they have cables? This unit also even supports new FireWire 800. Do we want to make room for that? I wasn't even considering it... but there may be one more option...
I can cut out a square from the very bottom foam from that case. This buys us another half inch maybe in the bottom without sacrificing how the drive is supported. The cables will not get "beat up" in transit, i would think... right?
That's my two-part question...
I really want at least one of these new TTBs to be ready in time for DEFCON, but it will be all for naught if no one speaks up and tells us about places where it should be sent. PM or email us some units' info, folks! I don't want to turn this project into just me sending the TTBs continually back to the three or four same places over and over.
So as was mentioned once in a while recently, i'm rebuilding the TTB hardware. Still hoping to find someone who wants the old 500GB ATA HDDs or someone willing to donate new SATA 1TB HDDs, but aside from that there is another more significant hardware matter where i'm seeking your input.
The new TTBs will be single-drive and use the uber-kickass enclosure discussed in this thread. This will allow us to make the whole affair smaller, lighter, and generally better for transport. I'm basing things around more compact Pelican 1200 series cases (as opposed to the old 1400s we used to have) and that will limit usable space somewhat.
Here's how things are looking thus far...
Now that larger cutout space is exactly the size of the new enclosure being used. (No photo of it nestled in there... it's in the garage as a coat of paint dries at the moment.)
The lower cutout section will have to house all the supporting equipment. Fortunately, the new hardware will do away with the need for wall warts and power bricks, so just an ISO power cable (which i've cut down) will satisfy electric requirements. (I'm keeping the "salt shaker" style universal plug adapter from Targus that we have been using thus far and possibly a one-to-three splitter in case people are working with limited outlets)
My real question concerns what data cables we should have. Space being limited, what should we be supporting on that front? Here's what the enclosures come with...
Naturally, USB is a given. Where it gets questionable pertains to the FireWire and eSATA. How many people in the field will have desktops vs laptops, do you think? The mini FireWire (4 circuit) makes sense since that's what most laptops feature nowadays. If someone has a desktop with FireWire or eSATA do we assume that they have cables? This unit also even supports new FireWire 800. Do we want to make room for that? I wasn't even considering it... but there may be one more option...
I can cut out a square from the very bottom foam from that case. This buys us another half inch maybe in the bottom without sacrificing how the drive is supported. The cables will not get "beat up" in transit, i would think... right?
That's my two-part question...
1. what cables are the most essential? (are we supporting desktops as well as laptops... i'd like to try)
2. how much should we modify the foam, etc. in order to assure that the cables we want all fit in?
2. how much should we modify the foam, etc. in order to assure that the cables we want all fit in?
I really want at least one of these new TTBs to be ready in time for DEFCON, but it will be all for naught if no one speaks up and tells us about places where it should be sent. PM or email us some units' info, folks! I don't want to turn this project into just me sending the TTBs continually back to the three or four same places over and over.
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