that is why i have a Delkin CardBus PCMCIA adapter. much faster than a PCCard one.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 1:51 PM Subject: Re: CF cards and readers question > I bought their firewire CF reader, because my notebook PC has firewire. > > Unfortunately I should have read the fine print of the IEEE 1394 specs; > the 4-pin mini-firewire connector on my PC doesn't supply power, so it > doesn't work with the Lexar reader. > > Apparently you *can* buy a 4-wire to 6-wire power injector. > It's significantly bulkier than the firewire reader, of course, > and includes yet another wall-wart to be plugged in somewhere.
