From: Milton Aupperle <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: March 5, 2008 5:48:28 PM MST

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [Astro_IIDC] Multiple cameras...

Hi Mark;

On 5-Mar-08, at 5:31 PM, Mark Gaffney wrote:

Dear Milton,My computer (a Mac Mini G4) has only 1, 1394a port.(Currently I have it Daisy

chained with a Lacie DVD burner). If when I`m able to afford it, I was to connect the Flea 2

camera to it and the IS camera (DBK 21A F04 AS) using one of PGR`s 1394b hubs, would this

set-up work to your knowledge.

Yes it will. But you don't need a 1394B hub though and it's basically a waste of money as your computer only has 1394A. You can just buy a 1394A hub and run both cameras off that, as PGR includes a 1394A to 1394B cable for the Flea2 models.

However you can't run both cameras at full frame rate and full size video at the same time. There simply isn't enough band width to do so. Astro IIDC will tell you if there isn't enough band width if you run at too high a frame rate.

Darren Neuhaus from PGR is asking me whether I have the

option to install a 1394 card?

You can't do that in the Mac mini, iMac, Mac Book or Mac Book Air models.

This option is available only to PC`s isn`t it?

No. The Mac Pro desktops have PCI slots to install an additional card in it. And in the Mac Pro Laptops you can install a PC/34 card which is similar.

This is one of the reasons I prefer buying a Pro unit rather than the "other" ones. If I lose USB or FireWire or Networking I have expansion options to replace that functionality with an inexpensive 3rd party PCI / PC/34 slot card. Other wise I replace the mother board of the other Mac, which Apple may or may not cover depending on warranty.

Milton J. Aupperle

President

ASC - Aupperle Services and Contracting

Mac Software (Drivers, Components and Application) Specialist

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