Laptop drive as an external?

While I'm waiting for my MBP to arrive I began thinking about what I can salvage from my pismo (MB fried).
I spoke with the local Apple store, and their tech guys use a FW case that takes a hd from a laptop. They use it to transfer data from an old laptop drive to a new one (when someone upgrades).
Unfortunately, they don't know where it came from, or who made it. None of the tech guys have been around since the store opened, but the case has. Everything is worn off (mfg label, case name), so I can't tell who made the darn thing. I searched a couple online stores, did a google, but can't seem to locate it.
Can anyone here offer any help? I'd really like to use the old drive as additional storage.
thanks,
mike
PB G4 Aluminum   Mac OS X (10.4)   Currenly have 2 PBs, 1 iMac, 2 desktops

A lot of companies make FireWire hard drive enclosures, and you can get them sized for 3.5" or 2.5" hard drives. (You want an enclosure for 2.5" drive to fit your PowerBook's hard drive.) There are also USB enclosures, and many have both USB and FireWire ports.
For example, OWC sells "FireWire 2.5" Drive Enclosure Kits" (scroll down the page).
I usually watch dealmac for sales on items like this.

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