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Mac OS 9 Discussion => Hardware => Storage => Topic started by: mrhappy on August 28, 2015, 12:09:08 PM

Title: Firewire 400 CF Card Reader
Post by: mrhappy on August 28, 2015, 12:09:08 PM

So I picked up one of these CF card readers...

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Lexar-Professional-FireWire-400-CompactFlash-CF-Card-Reader-IEEE1394a-PC-MAC-/201079241612?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ed141bb8c

Had a few questions... (I searched around but couldn't find a manual/ specs)

Is there a card size limit that the reader can use?

What would be the fastest card that would be practical before diminishing returns would set in?

What would be the recommended brand/size/best overall price/ performance ratio card to use?

Thanks...MH

Title: Re: Firewire 400 CF Card Reader
Post by: mrhappy on August 31, 2015, 06:22:43 AM

So seeing as this is firewire 400... would a card faster than 50MB/sec provide a speed increase or would it just be wasted??

Title: Re: Firewire 400 CF Card Reader
Post by: supernova777 on November 05, 2015, 06:24:56 AM

FireWire 400 – 400Mbps (or 50MB/sec)

given that is the upper limit of speed for firewire..
its hard to say. u would have to test + see..
a way to think of it might be to wonder if a faster card would increase seek times?
different compact flash cards are definately slower/faster then others..
its my opinion its very possible that a higher quality CF card may indeed yield faster speeds
given my experience with SD cards + CF cards..my experiments were over IDE ATA connection tho, not firewire.

Title: Re: Firewire 400 CF Card Reader
Post by: mrhappy on November 05, 2015, 06:37:27 AM

I've been using this thing lately and I LIKE it!! Might even order another one. ;D

Wound up getting a 32 GB 'Lexar Professional 800x' (UDMA 7) card and it seems to work well.

Title: Re: Firewire 400 CF Card Reader
Post by: DieHard on November 05, 2015, 01:54:20 PM

It's my favorite also (as mentioned in other posts) :)

Title: Re: Firewire 400 CF Card Reader
Post by: supernova777 on November 05, 2015, 02:29:13 PM

sure its multiple reloadable SSD via firewire.. whats not to like;)

Title: Re: Firewire 400 CF Card Reader
Post by: sumsum on November 23, 2015, 01:29:09 AM

http://shop.sandisk.com/store/sdiskus/en_US/list/parentCategoryID.11449000/categoryID.11452600

this one working very well

Title: Re: Firewire 400 CF Card Reader
Post by: mrhappy on November 23, 2015, 07:35:27 AM

Quote from: sumsum on November 23, 2015, 01:29:09 AM

this one working very well

Good to hear! I've really been lovin' the 'D.A.' (DieHard Approved) model! These things can come in REALLY handy!!  ;D ;D