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Originally Posted by PeterT
I just searched and had no problem finding FireWire adapters for PCIe or cardbus.
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Cardbus as in PCMICA or PCIe laptop slot? Laptops haven't had PCMCIA for over 12 years. Or PCIe /Cardbus as in slots laptops had for a few years after PCMCIA. Laptops haven't had any sort of card slot for over 8 years. The replacement for PCMCIA had an option for USB instead of PCI, so most cards were repackaged USB sticks and thus rubbish performance compared to PCMCIA. Only USB 3.0 full spec can do original Firewire speeds.
I was referring to the motherboard PCIe slots that have replaced PCI. It's plausible there might be cards for those, but that's no use for laptops. Fortunately I have PCI slots and PCI Firewire and PCI SCSI cards from 2005 that still work and have Linux drivers.
Anyway, I looked on Amazon Germany and there are loads of high quality MP3/PMP that are iPod sized rather than phone sized. Many take up to 256 G Byte SD cards, so I'd not be worrying about Firewire for a 10G iPod that needs a