Buying a PCMIA Firewire Card for T42

[WizardHowl]

I need to buy a firewire card for my t42 because I want to transfer minidv videos onto my computer. However, my Sony Camcorder DCR-PC109, says that it needs i.link which might not exactly work with firewire? I dont' really understand this, do I need a special firewire sony made pcmia card or can I just use ANY firewire card. Also what type of cable should I use? Thanks

[T23_Owner]

iLink is firwire. Its just sony's name for it. They think they are special.

[WizardHowl]

great thanks! I have a question I went out and bought a card for my t42, but it says cardbus, is cardbus the same thing as the PCMIA slots? thanks

[gg3761]

Not special just cheap. If Sony called it Firewire they would have to give Apple a royalty. iLink & Firewire are both the same as T23_Owner said.

[level]

I have a SIIG firewire card and it works fine in my T-41, but I had to change the BIOS setup first. See this thread :

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... t=firewire

[Greg Gebhardt]

great thanks! I have a question I went out and bought a card for my t42, but it says cardbus, is cardbus the same thing as the PCMIA slots? thanks

It will work fine. I used one a year or so ago till Nikon DSLRs went USB