[MacDV] Re: Firewire question

[denson]

I don't know if you are saying that a Mac 8600 won't work with a pci 
firewire and usb card or not, but I can say for a fact that I have been 
using a mac 8600 with a PCI firewire card and usb card for about 2 years 
now without a problem for midi audio and video capture and performance 
without any problems,  I am running os 9.2
Just thought I'd put in my 2 cents.
TD

Ron Woodland wrote:

> The beige G3 will accept a plug-in Firewire and/or USB card and work 
> just fine.  The PCI architecture used on that machine's motherboard is 
> version 2 of the standard.  My wife has a 300 MHz. model.  It has 
> extended the useful life of that machine another year or so.  I've 
> even tried capturing video on it, using a second Maxtor 60 GB hard 
> drive set up as a slave to the original, smaller hard drive (6 GB, I 
> think). Works great.  No dropped frames in either capturing or 
> printing to video.
>
> Older Macs, such as the 7100/7200/7500, 8500/8600, and 9500/9600 
> models also had PCI architecture, but they were built to version 1 
> specs.  They will not work with a Firewire/USB card.  You can install 
> the card, but the system will not be able to see it and the drivers 
> won't work.
>
> Ron Woodland
>
>
> KathyMac! wrote:
>
>> I'm running a Beige G3 Tower which I love (it's a workhorse). These 
>> were the
>> last G3s made before USB and Firewire became available as built in ports.
>> I've since added a USB card which works great.
>>
>> However, I notice that iMovie "specs" and FCP "specs" on the Apple 
>> website
>> all claim to require a Mac with built in Firewire in order to transfer DV
>> footage.
>>
>> My question is simple: Is that completely true? If I added a Firewire 
>> card
>> would it not work fine?
>>
>> They used to make those claims about USB too..."must be built in 
>> ports" but
>> my USB card has always worked with everything.
>>
>> Is it more a marketing ploy to get you to upgrade to a new system? My 
>> bets
>> are on the fact that a Firewire card would transfer DV footage just 
>> fine but
>> I wanted to know what others may have learned about that with their own
>> experiences.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kathy
>
>
>
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