Sorry I should have stated that better, USB supplies 5v at .5 amps or 2.5 watts 
total. Does FireWire use a higher voltage and amperage?

Cheers!!

On Jan 30, 2013, at 4:22 PM, d-_-b <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
> >
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