Delock's 91694 FireWire 800 CompactFlash Reader with macOS High Sierra (10.13+)

We tested the Delock 91694 FireWire 800 CompactFlash Reader under macOS High Sierra (10.13.1). The Delock's 91694 FireWire 800 Reader worked flawlessly, mounting a SanDisk Extreme® CompactFlash 60MB/s UDMA 16GB cards, and a Transcend 4GB 133X card.

Under 10.4 through 10.9 iPhoto opened automatically when the reader was connected or when new CompactFlash cards were inserted. macOS High Sierra is the fourth macOS version to deploy the Photos app, which does not automatically launch. However, when we opened Photos and navigated to the "File > Import…" function, the CompactFlash card present in the reader was there and ready for importing with the preview feature.

The speedy Delock 91694 FireWire 800 CompactFlash Reader worked well under macOS High Sierra (10.13.1). Here's screen shots of the PCM-CR-FW81ECF-03 / 91694 working under macOS High Sierra (10.13.1). Our MacBook Pro has a FireWire 800 port and a Thunderbolt port.

Delock FireWire 800 CF Reader on Mac OS X Yosemite and El Capitan

Delock 91694 FireWire 800 CompactFlash Reader and Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10+)

Delock 91694 FireWire 800 CompactFlash Reader and Mac OS X El Capitan (10.11+)

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Testing Biwin's 300X CompactFlash under Linux with the Delock 91694 FireWire to CompactFlash Reader

We wanted to test samples of 300X CompactFlash Cards from Biwin Semiconductor (HK) Company Limited. We decided to try using a different test platform than our typical iMac, and used a Xubuntu Linux desktop and the Delock 91694 CompactFlash FireWire 800 Reader. The great news is that the FireWire reader works just fine under Linux, and we were able to complete our benchmarks tests on these non-DLSR grade CompactFlash cards.

Our test machine is a Intel Core2 6300 @ 1.86GHz with 2GB RAM running Xubuntu 12.04.2 LTS. The reader was our Delock FireWire 800 to UDMA CompactFlash Drive Read-Writer 91694. We used the Linux application Disk Utility 3.0.2 to run the benchmarks. Here are the benchmarks for the cards, which are intended for general storage purposes.

Delock 91694 FireWire CF CompactFlash Reader FireWire 800/IEEE 1394B UDMA

The Delock 91694 FireWire CF CompactFlash Reader FireWire 800/IEEE 1394B UDMA is a must for have DSLR photographers and other demanding uses of high speed CompactFlash memory cards. Capable of exploiting the high speeds of the latest generation of CompactFlash memory cards, the FireWire readers 800 boasts incredible read speeds. The Delock 91694 FireWire CF CompactFlash Reader FireWire 800/IEEE 1394B UDMA supports all the recent high-speed CompactFlash standards including PIO Modes 0-4, DMA Modes 0-2, and UDMA Modes 0-6. it features a single CompactFlash slot for CompactFlash Type I and II including Hitachi Microdrives and other CFII+ rotating media. It supports FireWire 800 (and 400 with and optionally purchased adapter or cable) connectivity on both Macintosh and Windows Operating Systems. This FireWire to CompactFlash Reader uses FireWire bus power, so the CFFire800 reader plugs and plays with no external AC power. The Delock 91694 Hi-Speed CompactFlash Card Reader Firewire FW1394 ( FireWire 800 ) requires no drivers and comes with a one year limited warranty.

Delock benchmarks versus our now discontinued FireWire CompactFlash Reader

CompactFlash Reader Benchmarks all speeds in MB/sec		Sequential Data 4K blocks		Sequential Data 256K blocks		Random Data 4K blocks		Random Data 256K blocks
		Uncached Write	Uncached Read	Uncached Write	Uncached Read	Uncached Write	Uncached Read	Uncached Write	Uncached Read
Delock FireWire 800	SanDisk Extreme 60/MBs UDMA CompactFlash 16GB	29.63	4.25	30.75	63.13	0.92	3.91	1.39	58.09
	Transcend 133X CompactFlash 4GB (PIO)	13.04	4.13	7.60	18.04	0.01	4.00	0.58	18.10
Discontinued CFFire800 Pro	SanDisk Extreme 60/MBs UDMA CompactFlash 16GB	21.23	4.81	33.61	55.26	0.90	4.66	1.40	55.61
	Transcend 133X CompactFlash 4GB (PIO)	11.17	4.47	6.27	18.18	0.01	4.15	0.60	17.00

Hurry, limited stock left: CFFire800 Pro

Only limited stock remaining, purchase while supplies last.

CFFire800 Pro FireWire 800 to CompactFlash Drive Read-Writer is a must for pro photographers and other demanding users of high speed CompactFlash memory cards. Capable of exploiting the high speeds of the latest generation of CompactFlash memory cards, the CFFire800 FireWire 800 boasts incredible read speeds.

Read and Write CompactFlash and UDMA CompactFlash with the CFFire800 Pro FireWire 800

CFFire800 Pro FireWire 800 to CompactFlash Drive Read-Writer is a must for pro photographers and other demanding users of high speed CompactFlash memory cards. Capable of exploiting the high speeds of the latest generation of CompactFlash memory cards, the CFFire800 FireWire 800 boasts incredible read speeds.

Here's an informative review of the device:

A pro reader for the rest of us

Check out the CFFire800 Pro datasheet with benchmarks.

CFFire800 Pro FireWire 800 to UDMA Compact Flash Drive Read-Writer