>Will a USB 2.0 card suffice? Its difficult to find the older standard cards.
A 2.0 card will work in fall-back mode just fine. I use this for two different models of digicams (one of which is also Firewire capable). Yes, the earlier standard cards (Mac Ally ?) are hard to come by, and the 2.0 (and backward) compatible cards are all on one chip now, and are very cheap to manufacture. In fact, one manufacturer, VIA, makes a single chip solution for multiple USB and multiple Firewire ports, and that same chip is used in 2 USB port cards, 3 USB port cards, 2 Firewire port cards, 3 Firewire port cards, and 2 USB+2 Firewire port cards. (I've not been able to get the Firewire ports to work, either on my Kanga or my Wallstreet II, so I returned the 2+2 card and bought the 2 USB port card instead). The TI PCI bridge chip function, which was formerly a separate chip, has been included on-chip. The same simplification has been done with PCI cards. There are now PCI cards which have 2 external and 1 internal USB ports and 2 external and 1 internal Firewire ports, and these cards also have only one chip. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
