Post Script

I brought the hard drive to Radio Shack. The same guy that helped me the other night was there again, so he kinda remembered what I needed. When he looked at the hard drive, he expressed doubt. The adapter that I needed was a closed unit; he wouldn't know it was the right one unless we opened it up. To his credit, he did without my asking. Sure enough, his doubts were justified: the adapters they carried would not work for the older hard drive that I had. Strangely, he recommended that I try Office Depot (really?) because they sell computers and might carry something like that.

Since Partner was sleeping when I left the house, I decided not to return home but instead drove to Office Depot. When I went in, the woman at the counter listened to the problem and told me that they don't carry anything like that. Really, just as I suspected.

I drove to the other side of Jantzen Beach and went to Best Buy. Once again I got good service from a helpful salesperson, but he seemed stumped by my hard drive. Finally, he showed me a closed unit which he said should fit what I needed. Unlike the guy at Radio Shack, this one would not open the unit, even though I asked. I ended up buying the unit, then I sat in my car and opened it up. Of course it didn't fit. I swear this hard drive will be the death of me! I put the unit back together and returned it to the store.

By the way, Walt's email that I so carefully tried to transcribe...doesn't work. I have to call him after all.