Re: PCMCIA Firewire adapters? (was Re: External USB hard disks?)
On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 10:48:48AM +1000, Tony Green wrote: > I've got a couple of dual usb/fw external housings (one 5 1/4 and one 3 > 1/2). CD-RW and a 60GB drive in them and they work fantastic on both > USB and Firewire. Which enclosures are you using? I notice the maximum throughput of some enclosures is much lower than others (especially those that are dual Firewire/USB). Thanks, Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCMCIA Firewire adapters? (was Re: External USB hard disks?)
I don't have personal experience with any PCMCIA firewire adapters, but this page may help you: http://linux1394.sourceforge.net/hcl.php Note that very likely what you want is a CardBus card, rather than a PCMCIA card. Strictly speaking, PCMCIA is the ISA bus in a small form factor to fit in a laptop slot. CardBus cards look the same, but they are PCI bus cards and so have both much higher performance and less impact on the host computer. The main reason to choose PCMCIA over cardbus is when the host OS doesn't support it yet; for example, the BeOS never shipped with CardBus support, but Linux does support it. Mike Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCMCIA Firewire adapters? (was Re: External USB hard disks?)
On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 10:36, Mike Frisch wrote: > I do not have anything to offer here, but am interested in hearing the > results. The external Firewire hard disk is a no brainer (AFAIK), but > the PCMCIA Firewire card may not be. > I've got a couple of dual usb/fw external housings (one 5 1/4 and one 3 1/2). CD-RW and a 60GB drive in them and they work fantastic on both USB and Firewire. Makes up for the dvd/cdrw in the vaio docking station not working in linux. Uber nice to have 100GB of storage on a laptop ;-) -- Tony Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCMCIA Firewire adapters? (was Re: External USB hard disks?)
On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 08:25:40PM -0400, Norman Walsh wrote: > Well, my laptop doesn't have a firewire port, but I suppose this would > be a good excuse to buy a firewire PCMCIA card. Anyone have experience > using a firewire PCMCIA card and an external hard disk? I do not have anything to offer here, but am interested in hearing the results. The external Firewire hard disk is a no brainer (AFAIK), but the PCMCIA Firewire card may not be. Mike. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
