Firewire is still called other things by the other companies who helped develop it.
Mike On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Snyder, Mark (IT Civilian) < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > USB was first and foremost an advancement in the serial interface. USB > was led by Intel, just as FireWire was led by Apple (remember when other > companies called it various other names?). Power was added after the > initial USB spec; Firewire had it from its inception. > > Thank you, > > Mark Snyder > -----Original Message----- > The pattern is USB was never meant to power everything from your toaster > to > your hair dryer. And like Firewire, USB was created jointly by several > companies, not just one. Tom would have us think USB was intended to > power > large external HD's and when it can't, then he can pretend it's the > fault of > a bad spec. USB is for running lower power peripherals, not powering > jet > engines. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
