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FireWire card reader for SD memory?
Am I missing something? I have searched for the last hour and can't
find an SD card reader that works via FireWWire. Plenty of cheap USB card readers that handle SD, a few high-quality FireWire readers for Compact Flash cards, but not the combination I'm looking for. I have Mac G4s and have had problems with two USB 2.0 PCI cards now, and I really want to use FireWire. Anyone know of a solution? -- Cease then to grieve for your private afflictions, and address yourselves instead to the safety of the republic |
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FireWire card reader for SD memory?
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:25:14 -0700, sheepdog 2007
wrote: Am I missing something? I have searched for the last hour and can't find an SD card reader that works via FireWWire. Plenty of cheap USB card readers that handle SD, a few high-quality FireWire readers for Compact Flash cards, but not the combination I'm looking for. I have Mac G4s and have had problems with two USB 2.0 PCI cards now, and I really want to use FireWire. Anyone know of a solution? Sandisk Extreme card reader, available as USB or Firewire. There are numerous others, you just haven't looked hard enough. -- John Bean |
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FireWire card reader for SD memory?
On 2007-09-15 02:43:27 -0700, John Bean said:
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:25:14 -0700, sheepdog 2007 wrote: Am I missing something? I have searched for the last hour and can't find an SD card reader that works via FireWWire. Plenty of cheap USB card readers that handle SD, a few high-quality FireWire readers for Compact Flash cards, but not the combination I'm looking for. I have Mac G4s and have had problems with two USB 2.0 PCI cards now, and I really want to use FireWire. Anyone know of a solution? Sandisk Extreme card reader, available as USB or Firewire. There are numerous others, you just haven't looked hard enough. Right. Although this one has one slot (CF), there is such a thing as an adapter, but at least one user found that his Mac would not recognize the SD card when using this workaround. Before I buy a $100 card reader I want to know it will work better than the $1.99 plastic POS 25-in-one I have now. -- Cease then to grieve for your private afflictions, and address yourselves instead to the safety of the republic |
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FireWire card reader for SD memory?
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:46:06 -0700, sheepdog 2007
wrote: On 2007-09-15 02:43:27 -0700, John Bean said: On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 23:25:14 -0700, sheepdog 2007 wrote: Am I missing something? I have searched for the last hour and can't find an SD card reader that works via FireWWire. Plenty of cheap USB card readers that handle SD, a few high-quality FireWire readers for Compact Flash cards, but not the combination I'm looking for. I have Mac G4s and have had problems with two USB 2.0 PCI cards now, and I really want to use FireWire. Anyone know of a solution? Sandisk Extreme card reader, available as USB or Firewire. There are numerous others, you just haven't looked hard enough. Right. Although this one has one slot (CF), there is such a thing as an adapter, but at least one user found that his Mac would not recognize the SD card when using this workaround. Before I buy a $100 card reader I want to know it will work better than the $1.99 plastic POS 25-in-one I have now. My Sandisk Extreme reader has slots for CF and SD that mount as two separate devices sharing the same port, probably using an internal hub. Anyhow, it handles SD (including SDHC) just fine :-) -- John Bean |
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FireWire card reader for SD memory?
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:46:06 -0700, sheepdog 2007
wrote: Right. Although this one has one slot (CF) Follow up, and an apology. I use the USB version and the online (UK) supplier I bought it from lists it as being available in both USB and firewire versions. Having checked the Sandisk site it seems to be a mistake on the part of my supplier, as the firewire version is clearly a different product with a single CF slot. My apologies for misleading you, my bad for tusting online advertising :-( -- John Bean |
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FireWire card reader for SD memory?
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:53:31 +0100, John Bean
wrote: My apologies for misleading you, my bad for tusting online advertising :-( Sorry to follow up my own post but I found this: http://www.amtron.com/reader/1394fisdmc.htm That may be more like what you want :-) -- John Bean |
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FireWire card reader for SD memory?
On 2007-09-15 05:58:23 -0700, John Bean said:
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:53:31 +0100, John Bean wrote: My apologies for misleading you, my bad for tusting online advertising :-( Sorry to follow up my own post but I found this: http://www.amtron.com/reader/1394fisdmc.htm That may be more like what you want :-) Although this device is labeled "discontinued," it looks to be worth following up. Thanks. At some point--probably a price beyond which even I can see it's smarter to get a new computer--I will have to accept USB over FireWire. -- Cease then to grieve for your private afflictions, and address yourselves instead to the safety of the republic |
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FireWire card reader for SD memory?
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:38:28 -0700, sheepdog 2007
wrote: On 2007-09-15 05:58:23 -0700, John Bean said: On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 13:53:31 +0100, John Bean wrote: My apologies for misleading you, my bad for tusting online advertising :-( Sorry to follow up my own post but I found this: http://www.amtron.com/reader/1394fisdmc.htm That may be more like what you want :-) Although this device is labeled "discontinued," it looks to be worth following up. Thanks. At some point--probably a price beyond which even I can see it's smarter to get a new computer--I will have to accept USB over FireWire. FWIW I have a CF/SD adaptor (Datafab FA-CFIISD) that works fine with SD (not SDHC) cards in the CF slot of the Sandisk reader, but there's a big speed hit - the adaptor seems to max out at about 40x speed no matter how fast the SD card. Just a thought if you need to go that route. -- John Bean |
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FireWire card reader for SD memory?
sheepdog 2007 wrote:
Am I missing something? I have searched for the last hour and can't find an SD card reader that works via FireWWire. Plenty of cheap USB card readers that handle SD, a few high-quality FireWire readers for Compact Flash cards, but not the combination I'm looking for. I have Mac G4s and have had problems with two USB 2.0 PCI cards now, and I really want to use FireWire. Anyone know of a solution? It seems to me that the real problem here is the PCI cards. If you're going to buy a $100 SD reader that won't work on non-FireWire machines, you might better spend $100 getting a PCI card that works, or a better driver for the ones you've got. -- http://www.xoverboard.com/cartoons/2..._argument.html |
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FireWire card reader for SD memory?
On 9/15/07 2:16 PM, "Paul Mitchum" wrote:
sheepdog 2007 wrote: Am I missing something? I have searched for the last hour and can't find an SD card reader that works via FireWWire. Plenty of cheap USB card readers that handle SD, a few high-quality FireWire readers for Compact Flash cards, but not the combination I'm looking for. I have Mac G4s and have had problems with two USB 2.0 PCI cards now, and I really want to use FireWire. Anyone know of a solution? It seems to me that the real problem here is the PCI cards. If you're going to buy a $100 SD reader that won't work on non-FireWire machines, you might better spend $100 getting a PCI card that works, or a better driver for the ones you've got. Except that the OP said he has a Mac. Macs corm with Firewire standard, typically both 400 and 800 versions. I have Western Digital Media Center that includes a hard disk and several card reader slots (CF, SD, XD, ?) and both USB and Firewire interfaces. |
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