Get a bog standard Firewire Card (1394) and a 6 pin to 4 pin firewire cable. Plug 4 pin end to your cam and 6 pin end to the firewire card, and Robert is your mother's/father's brother.

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IBM A51p with 160Gb Boot Disk, 160Gb external Firewire Disk, 2Gb Memory and a super duper sound card, 17\" TFT Monitor etc etc etc
Sony TRV33e : Sony TRV310e : Canon XM2
ULead products mostly including Mediastudio Pro (V8.0), Video Studio 8, Movie Factory 2.0, Premiere Elements

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