[TriLUG] 1394 card for a Linux box

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've got an old 1394 disk I'd like to turn into a shared disk on an old
> Pentium III (730.925 blistering Mhz or 1462.71 bogomips for the curios among
> you).
>
> Anyway, I'm looking for a card that I can put into the machine to provide a
> 1394 interface.  I don't really care if the bus in the machine can't run at
> full 1394 speeds.  I just want to share my disk which happens to be 1394
> only.
>
> Any and all suggestions are welcomed.

Intrex carries add-on 1394 cards.  Go to http://www.intrex.com/parts/parts.aspx
and select "Interface Cards" then "I/O Cards".  A 4 port PCI 1394 card is listed
as $10.99 before the TriLUG discount.

Cheers,
Tanner
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