Hartmut, can you elaborate on why you think you need to connect this drive to a PC directly, in the first place? There may be a better solution for your problem.
Thank you to all the folks here who responded. I hope to produce a detailed reply during the coming night, so please be patient, and "hold your further fire". :) As some of you know, my neurology limits how quickly and how thoroughly I can respond.
Hartmut