PCMCIA Card Readers

[Shane Ross]

To read P2 cards, you either need a G4 Powerbook, PC laptop with PCMCIA slots, or the Panasonic readers. No off brand reader can read the P2 card format.

Shane

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[Barry Green]

You can get a $70 PCI->PCMCIA adapter that fits in the back of a workstation and allows using PCMCIA cards. The P2 cards would work in that, I’m sure, but I’ve only seen these products available for Windows systems, I don’t know if one exists for Mac desktops.

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[Barry Green]

(and to further what Shane’s saying): no USB or firewire reader is going to work, other than the Panasonic ones. The direct PCI slot connection types will work in a desktop, or the Duel Adapter will work for an ExpressCard slot, but if you want to use USB or firewire then it has to be the Panasonic readers.

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[Axelsasso]

Look about a third down the page. This company claims it reads P2 cards.

https://www.psism.com/reader.htm#PCI

Good luck.

sn48

[Shawn Miller]

Thanks Barry,

I’m going to give it a try. I found some inexpensive card readers that have Mac and Windows drivers

https://www.synchrotech.com/products/card-rw_00.html

If it works, I’ll have a cheaper way to offload data from my P2 cards. If not, I won’t have spent a fortune to find out. 🙂

Thanks,

Shawn

[David S.]

Remember, an external must be 32-bit. I don’t see any there that are.

I also don’t see any PCI cards that are Mac compatible

[Arnie Schlissel]

[axelsasso] “Look about a third down the page. This company claims it reads P2 cards.

” target=”_blank”>https://www.psism.com/reader.htm#PCI”

It has to be installed into a PCI slot on a windows desktop.

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[Shawn Miller]

Ah quite right, thanks for pointing that out… but doing some quick searches, I found a few devices that might work:

https://www.psism.com/reader.htm#PCI

https://www.siig.com/product.asp?query=PCI+to+PC+Card-M&pid=982

I’m sure I can find more suitable hardware. Like I said, I’m going to give this a try and let everyone know if it works.

Thanks,

Shawn

[Barry Green]

The only one on that first page you linked to that will work is the EXP34-DA-001, which is the same as the Duel Adapter.

The PCI-to-PCMCIA adapters will work, but those are only for desktop systems, not laptops. But yes those will work, and that $139 one claims to offer a front slot, so that’d be the best pick if it actually works!

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[Chris Baldwin]

Shawn I’d like to know if the Mac PCI card adapter works as well. I wonder if there is also a extension cable that has a PCMCIA male on one side to go into the back of the tower and a PCMCIA female adapter on the front … so that you could insert and remove cards from the front of your workspace instead of behind the tower.

I just can’t believe there is no way to transfer content off the P2 cards via the camera’s firewire or usb2 ports. I have dne it through FCP capture window but that’s not at all what i’m trying to do…

Am I wrong? Is there some means of connecting the HPX500 or HVX200 to a laptop or tower and transfering content to other hard drives?

when do you expect to know about the SIIG PCI to PCMCIA adapter?