I managed to stuff a FW card into my non-cardbus caged 3400, but it does me little good as the darn PB will run only OS 8.1.
A cardbus card has a narrower slot on one edge than a PCMCIA card. Holding a card with the top up and the interface* toward you, look at the right corner closest to you. An older PC card has a wider 'slot' and a thinner ridge than do cardbus cards. If you look at them together the difference is plain. (* by 'interface' I mean the row of 72 holes on the edge that goes into the card slot) I simply carved away enough of the plastic on that corner of the FW card that it now fits easily into a PC card cage. I'm not sure what electronic damage could be done to card or PB should I accidentally plug it into a non-cardbus bussed cage, but I've marked the card as "Cardbus Only!!" to remind myself. If the only functional difference between a PC card cage and a cardbus cage is that 'key', then it's a whole lot cheaper and easier to slice and dice the corner of a card than replace the cage. Now if only I could get my confounded Hooper to boot from a FW-capable OS I could actually try it out. Dan K On 9/10/02 "Scott Holder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >Hmm, sounds to me like something some careful work with a dremel tool >could fix ;) > >Scott Holder > >-----Original Message----- >From: PowerBooks [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of >Sionnach Aisling >Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 12:05 PM >To: PowerBooks >Subject: Re: 3400 users! > >So buying a firewire card probably won't get you very >far, since I'm thinking you won't be able to >physically plug it in... -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
