Hello. Does anyone know if a combo card is supposed to work with a Mac even if it does not mention Mac compatibilty. In particular, there is one that has two onboard chipsets which is supposed to give better performace than ones with only a single chipset. It's a Firewire/USB 2.0 card and can be cound here:
Here is the long description: And here's the URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3456937503&category=44933 Thanks for any input. -Felix Long Description of Product: NEW! 4 Port USB 2.0 / Firewire IEEE 1394 PCI Card Adapter ! What sets our card apart from the rest on ebay and most store brands? Unlike other USB/Firewire combo cards such as OrangeMicro, VST, and BELKIN, our cards use two different onboard chipsets to operate the USB 2.0 and Firewire functions. Now what does this mean to you? Basically it means the card will not have any conflicts with itself or share bandwidth between the USB and Firewire ports. Other cards only use one chipset and hope you wont notice if some of your firewire speed drop slightly while a USB device is plugged in. This one technical aspect is why we have had a ZERO return rate of these cards out of the thousands I've sold already. They run perfectly. Read my feedback and you'll see what good things people have said about them! FEATURES * Easy plug-n-play connectivity and set-up * USB 2.0 data transfer rate up to 480 Mbps, IEEE 1394 data transfer rate up to 400 Mbps * USB 2.0 2 ports support 480Mbps / 12Mbps / 1.5 Mbps transfer rate. Work with various types of USB devices including hub, scanner, printer, video camera, removable driver, digital camera, ATA / Compact Flash / Smart Media memory card readers and mo * Supports new USB 2.0 devices while being fully backward-compatible with USB 1.1 devices * 2 external USB2.0 and 2 external IEEE1394 (FireWire) ports host adapter to your desktop PC * 32-bit, 33MHz PCI interface compliant with PCI Plug-n-Play 2.1 * IEEE 1394 2 ports support DV camcorder, hard drive, printer, other 1394 audio/video devices including TV, VCR, DVD with data transfer rate up to 400Mbps * IEEE 1394 ports work with Sony, Panasonic, Cannon and many other DV camcorders for digital video creating/editing * Hot-plug-able feature allows you to connect/ disconnect devices without powering down the system * 12V Power Input supports 1394 Bus Power up to 15 Watts per port SPECIFICATION * PCI Local Bus Specification Rev. 2.1 * PCI Mobile Design Guide Rev. 1.1 features * Compact PCI Hot Swap Friendly support * Small footprint PQFP 128-pin package * Support 3.3V, 32-bit, 33MHz operation * Synchronous Primary and Secondary Ports * Provides arbitration support for 4 bus masters on secondary interface USB 2.0 SPECIFICATION: * VIA USB 2.0 Host controller * Compliant with USB Specification Revision 2.0 * Data Transfer rate can be 1.5/12/480Mbps * Compliant with OHCI Specification Rev. 1.0a * 2 down stream ports can handle high-speed (480Mbps), full-speed (12Mbps) and low-speed (1.5Mbps) * Optional Windows base USB 2.0 EHCI standard driver, for high-speed future * Full compliant with USB 1.0a / 1.1 OHCI standard (full-speed 12Mbps, low-speed 1.5Mbps) * Built-in driver support from Microsoft with Windows 98,2000,ME,XP * Integrated dual-speed USB Data Transfer * Support up to 127 devices * Support devices hot swap and wake-up * Driver Supports for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP IEEE 1394 SPECIFICATION: * VIA 1394a Host Controller * Compliant with IEEE 1394 OHCI Specification Revision 1.0 * Data Transfer rate can be 100/200/400Mbps * 32-bit CRC generation and checking for receive/transmit packets * Adds 2 IEEE 1394 (FireWireTM) ports host adapter to your PC on PCI Bus for high- speed, flexible connectivity and the ability to link up to 63 devices * Compliant with IEEE 1394-1995, P1394a (rev.1.1) and OHCI Specification 1.0 * Supports serial bus data transfer rates of 100, 200 and 400Mbps * 32-bit DMA channels for physical memory read/write * Driver Supports for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP System Requirements * IBM Compatible PC with one free PCI slot. * Windows 98SE, 2000, ME and XP supported. Able to support a wide range of devices: AV Applications: D8, PC Cameras, DV Camcorders and Recorders, TV. Storage Devices: High Speed Hard Drives, CDroms, CDwriters, DVDroms, and soon DVDwriters. Other: USB keyboards, USB mice, USB modems, Serial and printer port adaptors, Scanners, Printers, Joysticks, Sound, USB 2.0 and Firewire hubs, Repeaters, etc. -- Unsupported OS X is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Unsupported OS X list info <http://lowendmac.com/lists/unsupported.html> --> 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/unsupportedosx%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
