9 Oct
2017
9 Oct
'17
6:52 a.m.
On 10/08/2017 06:05 PM, david wrote:
On 10/06/2017 11:06 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
I've been poking around on Amazon. The consensus of reviewers seems to
that USB-C to Firewire adapters don't work and simply cannot work.
Including a review by an electrical engineer.
I found this USB<>ExpressCard adaptor:
https://www.amazon.com/SIIG-USB-to-ExpressCard-JU-EP0012-S1/dp/B001KUOW9O/r…
IIRC, the original poster had a Firewire ExpressCard and was looking for
a laptop with an ExpressCard port. Maybe this would work for them?
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<gnome-4S9g3957RhF54TAoqtyWWQ(a)public.gmane.org> writes:
I have a System76 laptop. There's no
Expresscard port on it.
On their current baseline "Lemur" model I see
Expansion: USB 3.1 Type-C, USB 3.0 Type-A, USB 2.0 Type-A, SD Card Reader
That's sort-of "ugh" for connecting Firewire devices. Concerning the
bandwidth, I think you'd need USB 3 (USB 2.0 nominally has 480mbps over
Firewire's 400mbps but reserves less for synchronous transfers and there
are other problems IIRC). I don't know about reliable adapters, but I
haven't looked.
I've got to try some. The only other option I would have would be to use
it on one of my desktop systems, which aren't exactly very portable!