Everett, I went through this same evolution about 6 months ago. I'm a firewire dummy so I don't know the difference between a "400" and an "800" but I can tell you this. I bought four different "off-the-shelf" PCMCIA Firewire cards at various stores like CompUSA, Best Buy, Circuit City, etc. to use with a Compaq EVO N-610C notebook computer (that did not have a Firewire port) and Presonus Firebox that I have on one of my SDR-1000's.
All of the cards worked fine in the computer and all cards worked equally well with the Firebox and SDR-1000. I could tell no difference in performance between any of the cards. The brand names on three of them were Compaq, HP, and Belkin. I don't remember the fourth as I gave it away. They were all made in China....probably at the same factory and probably are all exactly the same inside. Which one did I use? The Belkin - only because its color scheme matches everything :-))). That's my experience. Again, I'm a Firewire dummy so that's all I can tell you based on my experience. 73 Joel W5ZN -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Everett Palmer Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:39 PM To: FlexRadio Subject: [Flexradio] Recommended firewire cards for laptops ? Hello, I just ordering a FA-66 for my SDR-1000. My computer is a Dell laptop Inspiron 600m without a firewire port. Is there a list of recommended firewire cards for laptop computers? On the knowledge base I only see cards for desktops. I notice there are both "400" (1394a) and "800" (1394b) firewire cards. Does this matter? Thanks, Everett Palmer, KG6RYB _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/ _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
