Craig,
I got the last ST Lab card from a local shop and it was 35$ on special, no cables. It has the NEC chip, i usually prefer geting cards with the Texas chip in them. Watch out for cheaper cards using VIA chipset, I have had issues with these. Some cards have problems with some laptops, regardless of chipset. Have a look on Staticice.com.au, do a search for firewire pcmcia and find the cheapest and best in your state.
there is a 3 port on on ebay for ~20$ (inc exp post) 1 port is used for uplink from laptop.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ISIX-3-Port-F...QQcmdZViewItem
The cable the provide is quiet stiff. Depends weather your keeping the hub close to the laptop or close to the camera. I got a 6pin to 9pin belkin 4m cable for about 30$ also of ebay, he does not seem to have 6-6 though. This one is thin and and perfect to goto the camera, as you dont want to much weight on the camera.
I am still waiting on a email back from the local DMK distributor on cables and hubs. The do list the unibrain items but they have not responded to my inquiry via email.
Regards
Fahim