Re: Firewire



Jerome O'Donohoe wrote:
On 2006-03-01 16:12:54 +0000, zoara <me3@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:

Where? I haven't seen any (though I haven't really looked). FW800 was a
bit stillborn, TBH, and hasn't really appeared on anything outside of
the Mac world. It's done even more badly than FW400.



In it's guise as "iLink" i'd say Firewire's a roaring success. Well, on
every digital camcorder, pretty much.

Sorry, I meant as a computer connector.

How many people *who don't use Macs* connect up hard drives and stuff
using Firewire? Even before USB2, it was easier to find USB hard drives
than Firewire ones.

But yeah, it's done well on camcorders. Which can't take advantage of
the extra speed of FW800, can they?

-z-



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