Thanks, Mick!   I thought I had solved the problem with your help.   Maybe I can borrow a digital camera with a passthrough facility if I can't find anything else.

Thanks for your help, jjn.  The Dazzle I have is the DVC90.  Already checked with Pinnacle but their blunt answer was ''we don't have a driver for that unit''.  No hope that maybe later they would provide one.  Anyway, I will check the list.   Maybe I can find one I can use.  Thanks again!

I'm sure this question has come out often, but I can not find the thread. Have a Sony Hi 8 camcorder (analog) and would like to connect it to my computer.  The computer does have an IEEE1394 input, but what I need to know is what specific cable do I use to connect the camera to the computer.   I used to use a Dazzle device but ...