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meglet
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_ 		20. November 2005 @ 22:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Can anyone help me?

Just got back from the shop with my new toy thinking that my laptop had a firewire port and it didn't!!!

I've bought digital camcorder (canon MV830i) but my computer (laptop)has no firewire port. It also has no PCI slot. Only option I seem to have is the USB ports.

The camcorder is mini DV format.

Computer does have a DVD writer and it's running Windows XP.

How can I transfer the the movies to my PC?
What are my options? (Please don't say buy a new computer)!!!

HELP - I don't want to have to take my new toy back to the shop.
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TPFKAS
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_ 		20. November 2005 @ 23:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I bet it does not have a PCI slot, but it must have a PCMCIA slot.
Example: http://www.usbgear.com/Firewire_PCMCIA_cardbus/
Buy a PCMCIA Firewire card and you're done.
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meglet
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_ 		21. November 2005 @ 00:55 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks TPFKAS. But honestly it has no slots whatsoever!!! My only option is USB I'm afraid.
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ireland
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_ 		21. November 2005 @ 08:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
post the model number of your laptop so someone can look it up..,,i have one i feel is 500 years old (joking)put it this way its old,that has a PCMCIA slot..
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TPFKAS
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_ 		21. November 2005 @ 09:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
A couple of days ago I saw Kofie Annan presenting a laptop for the third world. On that gets power from turning a wheel. They may not have a PCMCIA slot. Did you buy one of those? ;-)
Seriously, I also would like to know who on earth is manufacturing laptops without such a slot...

And, your model does not allow transfer of video recorded on the tape through USB.
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