Re: [NTLK] PC Card Firewire

From: bob barker (ibeenew2_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 01:47:47 EDT

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--- Michael Drabicki <drabicki_at_mac.com> wrote:
>
> Can drivers be made to use a PC Card Firewire card
> usable with a
> Newt? I'm thinking alternate storage on a portable
> Firewire hard
> drive for packages...

Wouldnt the power requirements alone be a bad thing
for use in newt? Ethernet is a power hog, and since a
hard disk can be powered from firewire I doubt it is
something you want to try. I bet the firewire cards
are cardbus anyways. I think usb cards would be much
more interesting, just for connectivity.

Brian Parker

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