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PCMCIA SLOTS in YOUR MAC PRO / G5
Ive been working with P2 Professionally for two years and Ive come up with a workflow that crushes any other method with a desktop machine. Or laptop for that matter.
So Ive basically created a Custom Macintosh that lives in a pelican with a 22″ Samsung Monitor in the lid… and room for 6 750GB Hard Drives… Its Overclocked to a 3.0ghz 1333FSB / 4GB 667 RAM / Nvidia DDR3 7900GS 256mb… 2 P2 slots on the back… And If I run from set drop the cards in transfer them, then 10-100, and I’m carrying two 16GB cards back to Set. 7 minutes and between setups… Basically its a big laptop… I’m just missing the BlackMAgic, to shoot HDSDI…(not that I need to or can from HVX200 P2) But there is room!
Unfortunately Apple doesn’t include the IOPCCARDFamily.kext used as the driver for the PCMCIA slots. They’ve moved on to the express card and the driver doesn’t support PCMCIA anymore.
After hunting around on osx86project.org I found the old driver…!
I bought 2 PCMCIA card slots to PCI. I found a driver to get PCMCIA working on normal HP, DELL, and other PC’s running Mac OS X… (mostly to get wireless cards working through the PCMCIA slot) But it also enables my PCMCIA to PCI slots to work… The chipset on the PCI card is texas Instruments( same as apple has been using) instead of the ricoh chipset which doesn’t work on Macintoshs.So I have the driver, and I bought 2 P2 slots for my Mac Pro / Hackintosh for $55… they are at Fry’s $24.99 each… Each 16GB card takes 7 minutes to transfer even at the same time to the same drive. Only RAW files… FCP P2 import is futile when you are backing up for a commercial job. I open .MXF files in Quicktime to preview anyway… (another free driver from Panasonic)
You shoot cards constantly and never have to worry about 1 card at a time or an external drive to slow the works. I still have room for one more PCMCIA to PCI card I just dont need it. Then bring the P2box back to the Editing Room and plug it in Gigabit and transfer everything over to the machine that will be Editing… In this case… I’m in Morocco shooting a feature on two HVX-200 w/ only 4 16GB cards, so the footage stays inside my machine until I fill a SATA 750GB up and take it out, Static bag it and put it in a Mac Pro at the Facility… Thats sounds too easy… And much more practical than the USB or IDE w/ 5 P2 slots… and only $1500 cheaper
If anyone is interested I can give you the driver, worse case scenario you lose $24 bucks… Otherwise I’ll be back in LA in January! My gear is for rent or if anyone needs a savvy digitech!
“Homie don’t One click”
Professional Digitech / Assistant Camera
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I posted this question and it may relate to this thread,-
This may be a more cost effective solution to Panas rather expensive, Firewire/USB 5 port P2 card reader.
https://www.startech.com/Product/Item…uctid=PEX2PCI4
a PCIexpress card connected to PCI expansion case then install the SIGG PCI – PCMCIA card readers (5 OF) -https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/492803-REG/SIIG_JJ_PC1M12_S1_PCI_to_PC_Card_M.html
would have to be a cheaper alternative, just somewhat larger. would be half the cost to set up Panas equivelent reader.
just my five cents worth, HEY why dosen’t someone try it ?? and put the rest of us G5 PCIexpress users out of our misery.
I have the SIGG PCMCIA – PCI card working great in my Older G4 Dual 1.25..
Cheer
Tom K -
I am interested in getting the driver for the SIIG PCI to PC Card-M for a Mac pro. Can you tell me where I can get this?
Is there a way to use P2 with a laptop (Mac or PC) that doesn’t have a PCMCIA slot? I have looked for PCMCIA to USB adapters, but the one that is made by Sewell
https://sewelldirect.com/Express-Card-to-PCMCIA-Adapter.asp
doesn’t work with quite a few PC laptops including mine.
Thanks,
AlanYellowknife Films
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Hi,
I’d like to run my sound card (Audigy 2 zs notebook, PCMCIA) on my mac. According the drivers of kx project, this card should work. The problem is that I don’t have a PCMCIA-slot. Luckly I found somwhere a PCI-PCMCIA card bus, but unfortunaly it’s Ricoh shipset.
I have found a card bus with TI schip on: https://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Slot-Extension/2-Port-CardBus-PCMCIA-to-PCI-Adapter-Card~PCI2PCMCIA2
Either I buy a totally new soundcard, or I buy this card bus and hope you can send my the driver for it… 🙂 What would you advise? My aim is to use 5.1 surround system.
Greetings,
Bernd
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