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I'm getting more than a little frustrated looking for a direct answer to my question:
I am looking for a USB 2.0 PC Card for my TiBook that will give my video iPod full functionality with the laptop.
So far all I can find is what I don't care about: I don't want to hear about minis, shuffles, or nanos. I don't want to hear about PCs, PowerPC towers or PowerBooks with USB 2.0 built in. I don't want to hear about charging - I want to know which card, including model number, that will work completely.
I've already tried an older Belkin card that I borrowed, and a CompUSA card that I am now selling at a loss because it didn't work. Some people have used cards that worked, but don't give a brand and/or model number.
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quote > eww: "instead of ranting at us about what you don't want to hear, you could be searching the Tibook forums yourself for "USB 2".
Actually I spent a good deal of time fruitlessly searching these forums for 'usb 2.0' and 'pc card', PCMCIA, etc. hence my frustration. People with PCs for instance, were posting unhelpful things like: "I don't use a Mac but my friend does and he uses a PC Card that works perfectly." People with Minis were posting about charging with firewire. There was just too much irrelevent stuff after a couple hours to hunt through.
quote > eww: "whatever you may mean by "work completely," which you haven't defined at all, may not be precisely what tjk or anyone else understands it to mean".
I was trying to be concise when I said I was, "looking for a USB 2.0 PC Card for my TiBook that will give my video iPod full functionality with the laptop." Sorry if I wasn't clear.
I'll elaborate then: I want to use my 5.5g video iPod with my 500 mhz G4 Titanium PowerBook, including video playback. The TiBook does not come with USB 2.0 factory installed, so video playback doesn't work and file transfers are slow. I tried a 4 year old Belkin USB 2.0 PCMCIA card that my boss loaned me, but the iPod didn't mount. I bought a new card from CompUSA (storebrand), which didn't work either. I have gleaned from these forums that there are cards that work and there are cards that do not, but I haven't found a post or link that precisely says what brand and model these are. Sorry again if that sounds like I am asking for a guarantee of some sort.
I just did a search for tjk's thread as you suggested, and I did see tjk's posts before. It was actually the one I used as an example of my frustraion above.
William the PC Poster:
"But I do have a friend in Calif. that does have a powerbook and I know he has a usb card, used it to charge my ipod... will im him and find out... hold on. "
and
"Ok, here is the scoop, my friend has a powerbook with a usb card, his internal died. (hmmmmm a mac with a problem but he did say that it is as fast as his internal card was and as fast as his g3. He said that it is the same. His Ipod charges as fast as it does on his mainframe. "
he did post this, which was on the right track:
"I did talk to my friend again, and he told me that he bought a card from airnet that was only 14 dollars, and it was a 2.0 but low power. It was also noticably slower then this card, he paid 19 dollars for his belkin and it works great. He got his card while visiting us in Mexico. He said that this one charges his ipod and transfers both video and pictures as well as music at a fast pace. "
But get a load of tjk's final post in the thread, sound familiar?:
"Hi william,
Any chance you know or would find out exactly which PB and card your friend has that apparently syncs at USB2 speed?
Thanks"
That was back in November, I doubt William will be posting back at this late date.

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