Removed hard drive from fried Mac, how to remove files?

My G5 died, officially.  Would need to spend too much $$ to fix it, so we bit the bullet and got new technology, iMac 21.5"....love it!  The only problem is that in the turmoil of trying to get the old Mac to work, we asked the tech guy to just remove the hard drive and we would have the files removed.  He mentioned some kind of case with a USB hook up that will show it as another drive and we can just copy/move the files. Is that just an external drive?  Can't remember what he told us exactly and can't contact him currently.
Any advice would be appreciated. Bobbie

SATA enclosure.  Better with Firewire than USB, especially FW800, as the transfer rates are significantly higher with FW800. 
Toaster (drive dock) is a nice solution, as it allows you to easily swap bare drives.  An example from OWC:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/NewerTech/Voyager/Hard_Drive_Dock   The FW800 capable unit is the better choice, IMHO.  With a dock, you can then store drives in a nice ESD case from Wiebe Tech like these: http://www.wiebetech.com/products/cases.php
Standalone enclosure: an example from Acomdata: http://www.acomdata.com/p-262-samba-quad-interface-external-enclosure.aspx which is falling in price still.
The Quad units support eSata, which is a nice option in any event.

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