IBM PCMCIA Firewire 2 port - $26 +shipping

iamme

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I just ordered one from their auction on UBid. Nice price :)

Now if I can only find a FireWire 5.25" enclosure for less than $70.....
 

iamme

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<< I wonder if this card is compatible with Win XP. I know Lucent chipset is not.

Thanks
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Hmmm....it better be :) I'll be getting it in a few days and I'll report on it.
 

hans007

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its TI all TI chipset cards are compatible with every OS. 2k, me and xp i know have drivers built in for ti
 

grandmasterk

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Question: CardBus Type II or Type III CardBus = PCMCIA?

I was wondering because my notebook documentation just says it supports pcmcia type 1,2, and 3... but doesn't mention cardbus.

Thanx=)
 

BeBumbleBe

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I think "Cardbus" means a 32bit PCMCIA slot. Originally, PCMCIA slots were portable versions of the ISA slots and were thus 16bit only.
If you have a recent laptop chances are it's a 32bit slot.
 

Dealmunky

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CardBus, the 32-bit high performance bus mastering architecture for PC Cards, was standardized by the PCMCIA in May 1996. It was conceived as a means to add high bandwidth capabilities to the PC Card technology and to match the system performance achieved by today's PCI bus-based mobile computers.
This paper describes the role that CardBus fills as an add-in mechanism for mobile computing platforms. It outlines the benefits of CardBus and relates CardBus to other bus technologies including the following:


Universal Serial Bus (USB)
IEEE 1394 high-speed serial bus (herein referred to simply as "1394").
Hot Pluggable PCI
Small Form Factor PCI
Zoomed Video
16-bit PC Card technology
CardBus has a secure position as today's preferred high-speed mobile interconnect bus. CardBus can and does peacefully co-exist in the mobile computing environment and has several distinct benefits in portable computing design. These advantages include the following:

100% PC Card socket penetration on notebook computers
Hot pluggability support
Power Management support
Well defined and architected firmware and software solution
Targeted to mobile environment
Several current trends in mobile-platform architecture are taking place which may affect the role of CardBus in future portable computing systems. The PCMCIA is dedicated to the advancement of PC Card architecture to keep up with the demands of mobile computer users for higher performance, longer battery life, and ease of use.

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similar product for a lot more $$$
 

Coaster

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Ordered one on Tues 2/12, arrived on Fri 2/15. Brand new, well packaged. Included 2 cables, one with a standard firewire 6pin connector and a second one with that mini 4pin connector you see on a lot of digital camcorders. Plugged it into my Dell Win 2K laptop, windows saw it, installed drivers automatically. No fuss, no muss. :)

Thanks cleek for a sweet deal!
 

SimMike2

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I had to bump this thread to the top. I just got this card and it works fantastic with my Toshiba XP notebook. My Canon ZR20 and an external Firewire case I got at Geeks works perfect with this setup. This combination gives you the ability to edit some really fantastic videos right on your notebook. Add something like a 60GB 7,200 rpm drive at Newegg for around $100 and you could literally be editing videos about equal or better to the documentary "9-11" that was on TV last Sunday. Even my 15GB internal drive was doing pretty good keeping up with the DV data rate.

You can literally have a whole video studio right in your backpack. Just remember that you need some editing software. I use Media Studio Pro 6.5 and this works great. If you already edit videos, you probably have some software already.

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=IBM1394
 

Herr Yunta

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Has anyone used both ports at the same time on it? Digicam to external hdd using the IBM card?
 

SimMike2

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I just tested capturing directly to the firewire hard drive from my Canon camcorder and it worked perfect. Firewire is a good bus-master type of thing.

From things I have read, Microsoft would like to see Firewire replace EIDE. I can see why. It is some of the most painless plug and play stuff available. Now if I can get DOS to see and use the Firewire drive, I will be happy.