[LAU] Anyone used a Firewire-to-USB3 or ESATA adapter?

[david]

On 04/15/2014 11:46 PM, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> david wrote:
>> there's no Windows 7 device driver for his Firewire PC Card adapter.
>
> All FireWire controllers use the same driver interface (OHCI), and that
> driver ships with Windows.
>
> If there is a problem, it is with the PC Card controller driver.

Hmm, no, that's not what Windows 7 said about his Firewire PC card 
device. It said he needed to get and install a driver for it. And the 
vendor of the card said they weren't going to produce a Windows 7 driver 
for it.

>> So I thought, maybe a Firewire<->USB adaptor would work.
>
> These are completely different protocols; they cannot be mapped to each
> other.

Yet there are a bunch of connectors that appear to do that, although 
probably not reliable enough for serious use.

>> I see Amazon has a selection:
>>
>> Firewire to USB
>>
>> http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A172282%2Ck%3Afirewire%20to%20usb%20adapter
>
> These do not work (see the reviews) unless your computer also has
> a FireWire controller that is connected to the USB jack.
>
>> Unfair: There's an Apple Thunderbolt to FireWire Adapter!
>
> Thunderbolt is just a PCIe bus.

Then why not a Firewire<>ESATA adaptor?

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