On 10/08/2017 09:31 PM, David Kastrup wrote:
> david <gnome-4S9g3957RhF54TAoqtyWWQ@email-addr-hidden> writes:
>
>> 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/ref=sr_1_29?ie=UTF8&qid=1507524480&sr=8-29&keywords=firewire+to+usb+adapter
>
> Don't bother. "Add support for USB-based ExpressCard devices to any USB
> equipped computer" is actually a lot more explicit than many of those
> cards bother telling, and it means that they work fine for WWAN cards
> (UMTS Modem and such), Smartcard readers and reasonably cheap (all but
> the fastest) flash device reader cards. An Expresscard slot provides
> both a PCIx lane and a USB connection. This adapter will only provide
> the USB connection. That's not sufficient for a Firewire adapter.
>
>> IIRC, the original poster had a Firewire ExpressCard and was looking
>> for a laptop with an ExpressCard port. Maybe this would work for them?
>
> Nope.
Bummer. Guess I'll have to go through my accumulated emails for
recommendations for a PCIx Firewire card for the desktop machine.
-- David W. Jones gnome@email-addr-hidden authenticity, honesty, community http://dancingtreefrog.com _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden https://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-userReceived on Tue Oct 10 12:15:01 2017
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