Firewire PCI Cards

[Paul Maddox]

Look for a 'bi-lingual' firewire cable, should be able to get one for about
$20, one end has fw800 and the other the standard 6 pin fw400.

Paul

On 21/5/08 00:09, "deeplfo" <deeplfo at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Thanks guys.  Question: can you plug in a non-FW800 device into a FW800 card?
> Or do you need a card that explicitly supports 400 and 800?
> 
> thx
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Bill Fox <billyfox at soundscapes.us>
> To: Music-bar <music-bar at lists.music-bar.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 3:18:24 PM
> Subject: Re: Firewire PCI Cards
> 
> deeplfo wrote: 
>> 
>> What are some good rated Firewire PCI interfaces out there?  Not Firewire
>> audio interfaces, just the Firewire PCI interface/
>> 
> Last week, in fact, I bought an SIIG card
> <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16800998060>  that gives
> me three ports of firewire 800.  My LaCie drives support fw800 (formerly only
> available on MACs), fw400 (commonly available), and USB.  It seems to work
> fine.  Unfortunately, my RAID went bad and I haven't had any chance to really
> kick the tires on the new card.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> 
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