P2 reader for Mac Pro

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jdobovan

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I've just registered here so please forgive me if this has been covered to death. I'm looking for an inexpensive P2 reader for my Mac Pro dual 2.66 Intel Xeon tower. I found an inexpensive card reader at:
http://www.amtron.com/reader/p2card_reader.htm#product_option
but they don't support Mac (though they say it has been reported to work).

Has anybody had experience with this? Any alternate suggestions?

Thanks,
JD
 
i know this has been talked about alot

but i want to know the exact same thing.

if you guys could even link to the old threads where this has been talked about that would be cool.

i am trying to avoid the cost of the p2 store card reader.

of course if the P2 stpre is really fast i could justify the price

thanks

tony
 
The P2 Store is not really fast, especially on a Mac, as it only has a USB connection. The P2 Drive (AJ-PCD20) has a Firewire 800 connection and is much faster on a Mac. Don't go for the earlier PCD10 model, as that only has a USB connection; the PCD20 is the one a Mac user would want.
 
There are rumors of an ExpressCard PCI reader for the Macintosh that will work with Intel MacPros.

Beyond that, nothing.
 
Update:

I ordered one of the Amtron P2 readers but discovered that it only works with PCI, not PCI Express. I've written them to see if they have a PCI Express version, will keep you all posted. David, if you have any links to the rumored ExpressCard PCI reader you mentioned I'd sure like to see them.

Thanks.
 
Update #2: Turns out Amtron is great about accepting returns. And they have a PCI Express board with a slot for an express card reader. Just ordered one of those with a Duel Systems express to P2 card adaptor. Looks promising...
 
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