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Hello all,
In the lab, we recently acquired a very nice, but old, Zeiss scope with an Axiocam MRc 5 camera attached to it. This has a 6pin 1394 out and requires either a desktop with 6 pin firewire ports (4 pin doesn't work because they need to be powered), or: a laptop with 6pin firewire ports, or a PCMCIA/ExpressCard slot with 6pin ports, and a separate, powered, 1394 hub, like this, because a laptop can't sufficiently power the camera.
We need to use a laptop for this setup for various reasons, and so the problem is finding one, even refurbished and old enough, that has either 6 pin firewire or an ExpressCard/PCMCIA 2 slot for the necessary card adapter, like this
Page 25/17 of this document shows the setup that we need.
We have the powered firewire hub and, despite my warnings, one of our people tried to hook this up to his laptop using a firewire-to-USB adapter on his laptop. about 1 second later, several audible snaps, pops, crackles and the tell-tale scent of burning electronics, it seems that he fried his CPU. (the laptop powers on but shuts down immediately, CPU fan runs constantly top speed when powered on) It was funny, but maybe not so much for him...
I've been scouring all of Newegg and I can't seem to find any Windows 7 or 10 laptop with a single ExpressCard slot or PCMCIA slot. Or maybe I'm not sure what I'm seeing half the time? Many listings have no real descriptions and not even a specs tab like you expect with Newegg. I found this on the site, but then had to Google to see what that enticing slot is on the side:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/review...70-is-a-great-laptop-for-windows-7-pro-users/
...which is apparently a SmartCard reader for credit cards?
I never thought this would be so frustrating. Any help on finding such a laptop would be most appreciated. TIA.
In the lab, we recently acquired a very nice, but old, Zeiss scope with an Axiocam MRc 5 camera attached to it. This has a 6pin 1394 out and requires either a desktop with 6 pin firewire ports (4 pin doesn't work because they need to be powered), or: a laptop with 6pin firewire ports, or a PCMCIA/ExpressCard slot with 6pin ports, and a separate, powered, 1394 hub, like this, because a laptop can't sufficiently power the camera.
We need to use a laptop for this setup for various reasons, and so the problem is finding one, even refurbished and old enough, that has either 6 pin firewire or an ExpressCard/PCMCIA 2 slot for the necessary card adapter, like this
Page 25/17 of this document shows the setup that we need.
We have the powered firewire hub and, despite my warnings, one of our people tried to hook this up to his laptop using a firewire-to-USB adapter on his laptop. about 1 second later, several audible snaps, pops, crackles and the tell-tale scent of burning electronics, it seems that he fried his CPU. (the laptop powers on but shuts down immediately, CPU fan runs constantly top speed when powered on) It was funny, but maybe not so much for him...
I've been scouring all of Newegg and I can't seem to find any Windows 7 or 10 laptop with a single ExpressCard slot or PCMCIA slot. Or maybe I'm not sure what I'm seeing half the time? Many listings have no real descriptions and not even a specs tab like you expect with Newegg. I found this on the site, but then had to Google to see what that enticing slot is on the side:
http://www.zdnet.com/article/review...70-is-a-great-laptop-for-windows-7-pro-users/
...which is apparently a SmartCard reader for credit cards?
I never thought this would be so frustrating. Any help on finding such a laptop would be most appreciated. TIA.
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