Firewire shines when there is sustained data transfer over the line, as well as cases where devices need to be powered by the host/hub.
"Independent benchmark tests between USB 2.0 and IEEE-1394a show that IEEE-1394a is the performance winner, even though the published rates tell a different story. IEEE-1394a lends itself to real-time video transfer due to higher sustained data rates. It is also very useful because of its peer-to-peer topology and ability to independently power CCD cameras from a host controller. USB 2.0, meanwhile, has evolved into a convenient interconnect for external hard drives, flash drives, and consumer-grade digital cameras, owing to the availability of these ports on just about every computer now sold. As previously mentioned, overall sustained data rates are reduced by the master-slave topology of USB 2.0 (due to overhead and increased CPU load). The inability to provide substantial power is another downside, creating the need for an additional connection to the high performance camera." -- http://www.qimaging.com/support/pdfs/FirewireUSB.pdf On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Ace Tunes <[email protected]> wrote: > Lol i was just about to say, that if they hadn't been firewire it would be > a shame. > On Jan 30, 2013 4:09 PM, "Aemilianus Kehler" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> FireWire, shudders, wasn't that just to beat out transfer rates of USB >> 1.0, which became obsolete with USB 2.0, and for sure is nothing compared >> to 3.0 >> >> Cheers!! >> >> On Jan 30, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Mak Kolybabi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > On 2013-01-30 15:57, Benjamin Bergman wrote: >> >> I remember seeing a pile of firewire camcorders at SkSp 1.0 that had >> been >> >> used at least once at talks done at RRC. What happened to those? >> > >> > I believe they were trashed. >> > >> > -- >> > Mak Kolybabi >> > <[email protected]> >> > >> > () ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML e-mail >> > /\ www.asciiribbon.org | Against proprietary extensions >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ > -- ) thor.robinson; ) icon/phreshlyspun/ppca/skullspace -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GMU/O/AT d-s:+aC++++ULPL@E----W@N!oK?w--- O-M--V?PS+++PEY+PGP+t5+XRtvb++DI++D++ G+e*h--rx++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------
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