From: "doobisary" <tjp314@pacbell.net>

Date: May 9, 2012 12:26:47 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Astro IIDC 4.08.00 GM Release End of This Week

Hi Milton:

How does USB3 compare to FW800?  Forgive my ignorance.

Also, the lack of FW ports on the Macbook Air is the primary reason I've never considered one, sexy though they may appear at first glance!

-Tim.

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, "milton_aupperle" <milton@...> wrote:

Hi folks;

I have finished of updating the manual and will have the updated scripts, read me First and web site done by thursday. I am hoping to do the GM release on Friday, May 11, 2012.

So if you ran into any issues or bugs and want them fixed, I need to know about them no later than tomorrow or they will not be included in the 4.08.00 release.

Secondly, I have ordered a CalDigit USB 3 Express card and am waiting on it for delivery. Once I'm sure it works properly for USB 3 Hard Drives and USB 2 cameras on my MacBook Pro, I'll be getting a loaner USB 3 Flea 3 Camera from PGR for testing. So Mac users with an expansion slot hopefully can use the new super speed interface for 170+ fps frame rates and data transfers rates in the 180+ megabyte range for these high speed cameras.

Also, I was contacted by a Astro IIDC user whom had gone the "ThunderBolt" to "Express Card" to "FireWire 800 Express Card" root with a new Mac and is getting no voltage to the PGR FireWire Camera at all. Maybe this will be resolved by Sonnet (all their hardware and drivers), but it looks like Thunderbolt is basically a very expensive albatross and should be avoided.

Clear Skies..

Milton Aupperle