Duel Adapter Driver P2
DuelAdapter ExpressCard 34 to PCMCIA PC Card and CardBus Read Links to P2 drivers for Windows and Mac OS Duel Adapter is a trademark of Methode.
Trustee
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Los Angeles, California
Posts: 1,726
Sorry guys, but as a fellow P2 user, I am now with Barry Green on this. The days of begging, pleading with Panasonic, Apple or Duel are over, they are not going to support this on Macs going forward. As you know, all of the newest MBPs except the 17 don t even have the Express Card 34 slot anymore, the writing is on the wall.
The solution is simple and cheap, buy a used PB G4 or a cheap new PC laptop with the PCMCIA slot. Barry has been advocating this for years now. As Apple users, we are kind of left out in the cold as far as Apple/Pana/Duel support going forward so we must take a step back, unless you want to spend 1,000.00 or more for a QIO or something else.
Not the end of the world, it just requires thinking outside the box a bit. You can pickup a PC laptop with the appropriate slot for as little as 350.00 on special or just buy a used one for, what, 150.00.
We have fought the good fight, it is over.
Dan
Major Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Monterey, California
Posts: 711
I have an HPX500 and an HVX200, and have been using an older PowerBook for over three years, but they are getting difficult to find in good condition, and they re relatively slow.
I am amazed - no, more than amazed - that Panasonic hasn t evaluated the customer base of people that use Macs but don t want to spend a fortune for features they don t need.
Come on Panasonic, how difficult can it be to manufacture a simple firewire device that simply reads cards for ingesting into a laptop or tower.
Additionally - and, I love my Macs - but if the people at Apple were as smart as they used to be, they d see that thousands of video professionals could be switching over to PCs simply because of this little problem. It certainly doesn t ring true given their TV advertising campaign.
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- Duel Adapter P2 driver - Panasonic HVX and HPX P2 systems use sold state memory and not tape to store HD footage. - Panasonic HVX - HPX P2 Forum.
- Decks Home Broadcast Rentals Decks Post Production Panasonic P2 Card Reader Dual Adapter Expresscard Airpacks; Cameras; Lenses; Lighting; Support;.
- ExpressCard 34 to PCMCIA PC Card and CardBus Read-Writer DuelAdapter 1 Works great with Panasonic P2 Cards. Fits in 34mm or 54mm ExpressCard Duel Adapter.
- With latest OS X drivers, Duel s PCMCIA to ExpressCard adapter impresses us so far I can t speak for people needing to use a PCCard PCMCIA on a Windows.
- Rent a Duel Adapter - P2/PCMCIA Converter in Miami at Budget Video - Guaranteed Lowest Price.
But the Duel Adapter was a bonafide kludge, thanks to kernel panics, driver problems, Panasonic AJ-PCD2 P2 Card Reader.
Panasonic Drivers, Firmware, and Utilities for P2 cameras and other hardware, including the AG-HVX200 and AG-HPX500.
I purchased a Duel Adapter for my panasonic p2 cards to be able to be read on my macbook pros--one running 10.5.8 and one running 10.5.5. I was having a hard time.
