I have an apple thunderbolt to firewire adapter working on my Asus motherboard....works well
-----Original Message----- From: FlexRadio [mailto:flexradio-boun...@flex-radio.biz] On Behalf Of Dudley Hurry Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 7:55 PM To: Drax Felton <draxfel...@gmail.com> Cc: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Subject: Re: [Flexradio] Using a Flex 5000 through USB3 I don't think you are going to eSata to FireWire to work, but several have tested ThunderBolt to FireWire adapters working very well. Many of the newer iMacs have ThunderBolt and Apple and several others have ThunderBolt to FireWire adapters. And the ThunderBolt adapter cards and motherboards are making it to market. 73, Dudley WA5QPZ Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 18, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Drax Felton <draxfel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How about a Firewire to eSATA adapter? Newer laptops should have eSATA. > > http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=esata%20to% > 20firewire%20adapter&Submit=ENE > > > >> On 2/18/2016 2:14 PM, manual...@juno.com wrote: >> If the newer computer is a laptop you're probably out of luck finding >> an external firewire adapter. However, with new desktops, you can >> still purchase firewire plug-in cards that should work fine with a new machine. >> >> Pete, wa2cwa >> >> On Wed, 17 Feb 2016 16:00:45 -0700 Dale Taylor <dnktay...@gmail.com> >> writes: >>> Is it possible to use a Flex 5000 via a USB3 cable and a Firewire >>> adapter? >>> >>> I am very saddened by the devaluation of my Flex Radio and shocked >>> to see what upgrading to a 6500 would cost. Perhaps I should give >>> away my >>> 5000 >>> and just buy a new radio, but I wanted to see if there's any way I >>> could still use it with a newer computer that no longer has >>> Firewire. >>> >>> Thanks, Dale Taylor >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FlexRadio Systems Mailing List >> FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz >> To opt out of the Reflector: >> http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz > To opt out of the Reflector: > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
