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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Marcel21674 on November 08, 2012, 12:04:49 PM

Title: Pcmcia firewire (ieee1394)
Post by: Marcel21674 on November 08, 2012, 12:04:49 PM

I have an "old" sweex pcmcia firewire card, from an old laptop.
Is it possible to make it work on the amiga 1200?

Title: Re: Pcmcia firewire (ieee1394)
Post by: Heinz on November 08, 2012, 02:42:44 PM

Is there even a firewire Stack for os3.x ?

Title: Re: Pcmcia firewire (ieee1394)
Post by: bbond007 on November 08, 2012, 05:24:54 PM

Quote from: Marcel21674;714216

I have an "old" sweex pcmcia firewire card, from an old laptop.
Is it possible to make it work on the amiga 1200?

You sure its not cardbus? Did they really make a 16bit firewire PCMCIA?

Just a quick image search for "firewire pcmcia" on google and I don't see one image thats not cardbus.

Title: Re: Pcmcia firewire (ieee1394)
Post by: Zac67 on November 08, 2012, 06:20:30 PM

Quote from: bbond007;714236

You sure its not cardbus? Did they really make a 16bit firewire PCMCIA?

Don't think so - pretty sure it's CardBus. :(

Title: Re: Pcmcia firewire (ieee1394)
Post by: Tripitaka on November 08, 2012, 07:32:29 PM

Well in theory you could use a PCI to cardbus bridge on a PCI equipped A1200 tower to drive a firewire cardbus card if you could be bothered to write the code and happened to be completely pants eating bonkers.

Title: Re: Pcmcia firewire (ieee1394)
Post by: Marcel21674 on November 08, 2012, 09:32:17 PM

it looks like this one
(http://www.electronixonline.nl/images/l_00066094.jpg)

Title: Re: Pcmcia firewire (ieee1394)
Post by: B00tDisk on November 08, 2012, 09:52:57 PM

See where it has the word "CardBus" stamped three times on top?

Title: Re: Pcmcia firewire (ieee1394)
Post by: Marcel21674 on November 09, 2012, 09:05:51 AM

Never mind, just found out it does not fit. The slot from the card is slightly different.