Re: [SLUG] How does Firewire stack up?

["Alan Lee" <me@nospam.r3nt0n.net>]

I wouls rather use equipment that everyone has/can get in a flick of an
eye...

.. I work in a computer store, we deal alot with just about everything,
everythin from 2.1gb IDE's right upto 500gb raid 5 setups.  We have never
had a firewire hdd in stock.. yet.. nor has anyone wanted em.  Unless you
got the money to play around with, stick with somethin EVERYONE else has,
and will always seem to use.  We only got our first firewire card in stock
about 3 weeks ago.  Some guy wanted to hook his Digital Video camera upto
the computer, and his friend said to get a firewire card.  It worked well.

Regqards, Alan Lee


----- Original Message -----
From: "Crossfire" <xfire@nospam.xware.cx>
To: "Alan Lee" <me@nospam.r3nt0n.net>; <slug@nospam.slug.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: [SLUG] How does Firewire stack up?


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Alan Lee <me@nospam.r3nt0n.net>
> To: <slug@nospam.slug.org.au>
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2000 6:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] How does Firewire stack up?
>
>
> > When I think firewire, I think of fast USB....
>
> You shouldn't.  Firewire is closer to SCSI than it is to USB.
>
> USB implements a distinct master/slave relationship between hosts, hubs
and
> devices.  Firewire is a true bus, like SCSI.
>
> > Also, think of it this way.  Firewire is new.  Scsi has been around for
> > sometime.  Scsi you know will work.   Firewire you have no idea :)
>
> When firewire does work [like on various Mac boxen under MacOS], it works
> well.  If only I could afford those toys...




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