In article writes:

at least one person (http://www.firedock.com) is
offering a Mackie drive bay in a Firewire case.

Which you can build for yourself quite easily, BTW.

Of course, but one of the nice thing about these recorders is that
they are being used by people who aren't computer geeks and aren't
even sure which end of a screwdriver to blow into.

It's a service, and the guy is making a few bucks.

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