Re: [LAU] firewire-thunderbolt adapter?

On October 3, 2017 1:20:45 PM HST, Charles Z Henry <czhenry@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 5:49 PM, David W. Jones <gnome@email-addr-hidden>
>wrote:
>>
>>
>> On October 3, 2017 11:50:07 AM HST, David Kastrup <dak@email-addr-hidden>
>wrote:
>>>Bernardo Barros <bernardo.barros@email-addr-hidden> writes:
>>>Do modern laptops still have Expresscard slots?
>>
>> I don't think so. My 2-year-old laptop only offers USB ports and an
>SD card slot.
>>
>> I understand that SD cards can be other things than storage - I think
>there are SD wifi cards, for example.
>
>The SD WiFi cards are a more exotic beast altogether than a peripheral
>device. They are ~70MHz Linux computers all on their own:
>https://hackaday.com/2016/06/30/transcend-wifi-sd-card-is-a-tiny-linux-server/

Ah, thanks! Fascinating!

So how about a similar tiny linux computer that serves Firewire data & commands between the Firewire device and the SD port?

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