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Dear John, > The chip on that card has been supported for a long while, I'd have > thought you'd have no problem. I don't have any firewire hardware to > check against though. Thank you for your optimistic advice on this matter! It is good to know that the chip is supported - I've ordered the PCIe card and I'll post here with the result when it arrives in a couple of weeks or so. Indeed, having looked carefully through lspci, it seems as though the one I am using at the moment is also using that chip, or at least one from the same company. I am aware that most people have moved on from Firewire now, but reading about the protocol makes me all the more supportive of it: it had a higher bandwidth than versions of USB at the same time, and doesn't seem to have the reliance on expensive (and contractually restricted) 'Vendor IDs' that USB does. As I imagine many here know, these VIDs can be quite awkward for hobbyists, as they include a minimum of 65536 'Product IDs' for each four-figure sum! There's no option to pay less for a subset of the address space. Ah, and then there's the matter of connector shape. It's a lot easier to insert Firewire cables in the correct orientation! Best wishes, Sebastian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq