[MacDV] FireWire Card for TiBook

Mark M. Florida markf at squareblue.com
Sun Jan 25 13:15:13 PST 2004


On Jan 25, 2004, at 12:54 PM, William Hofius wrote:

> I've found a couple of cheap ($29.99) cards at a local electronics 
> store, but the boxes only list Windows requirements. Will these work 
> with my TiBook running OS X? Or do these cards have Windows only 
> firmware?

I'd give it a try -- but before you buy it, make sure you can return it 
if it doesn't work.

> The card would either run an external hard drive for video capture or 
> it would run a digital video camera. From your collective experience, 
> any recommendations? Anything I should avoid?

I'd use the card for drives and the built-in port(s) for the camera.

- Mark



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