On Fri, 13 Nov 1998 07:41:42 -0800, John Lynch wrote:

>I am looking to add a Firewire board to my existing
>vidcap system. I have a DC30+, so the logical selection
>would be a DV300 from Pinnacle.
>
>I already have an Ultra-SCSI card, and a full version
>of Adobe Premiere 5.1, so I am wondering if there are
>any DV capture cards that just offer the Firewire
>interface and NOT the SCSI/software bundle. I don't
>want to spend money that I don't have to.

The DPS Spark (not "+", which is the same as the DV300)
is FireWire-only (and the same as the "+" and DV300,
but without the SCSI - and it can be had without
Premiere, at a lower price).

>Is there an advantage to having the SCSI adapter right
>on the board with the Firewire? I have a bus-mastering
>SCSI adapter, so I am not sure if this would improve
>performance or not.

No - it just saves a slot...