For the most part, yeah. IIRC, the main difference with it and most PC implementations of IEEE 1384 is that it doesn't carrry power. Sony also chose the weaker but smaller 4 pin connector instead of the more common 6 pin plug. I'm pretty certain that those are both valid variations of IEEE 1384.
The only consequences from these that I know of are: 1. You need different cables for the Sony than other people will have for their PCs. Depending on what you're connecting, you'll probably need a 4-4 cable. That's generally no problem unless you happen to be at someone else's place, want to hook something up and don't have your cable, and they probably don't have the right cable either. 2. You can't use some of the nifty portable hard drives that don't need a power cord because they just get power from the firewire cable. So which lappy did you get? I've been eyeing the Z1, but I'd like 802.11g instead of b. That and I'm cheap. -Kevin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond Camden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 8:32 AM Subject: firewire/ilink > I just got a new Sony laptop and it comes with what it calls ILink (IEEE > something or another) - is that the same as firewire? > > ======================================================================== > === > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc > (www.mindseye.com) > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
