Tom Wrote: Can responders confirm that an iPod works OK on an older, non-Firewire Powerbook using a Firewire card? And can they briefly list the config they're using, ie, OS version, iPod generation, and card type?
My daughter uses an original 5GB iPod on a 333 Lombard running Panther. She attaches it with a cheap Card Bus I got from OWC. (OWC calls it a "Century Global Firewire" and it cost $29--the card just calls itself an "e drive card bus.") On the back of the card it says: "Firewire ports provide no power to the device." BUT GUESS WHAT?
The card has two 6-pin fire wire ports. She takes the iPod Charger (it uses a 6-pin firewire connector) and attaches it to one port, and then plugs the card into the computer, and plugs the other port into the iPod. It then works and charges too.
I can't take credit for the idea, I think I got the idea from one of the iPod sites.
I should point out, however, that OWC now has a little tech note that tells you to change the iPod to "disk mode" before hooking up so that it uses its own battery. So I suspect that's the safer route.
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