Also, don't forget that "firewire" also has a 2.0 version which is firewire 800 that is somewhere between usb 2.0 and usb 3.0 in performance.
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:38 AM, d-_-b <[email protected]> wrote: > On a desktop it would be ~25Volts, 6watts on a laptop it is determined by > the battery. > > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:30 PM, Aemilianus Kehler <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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. >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > 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------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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------ > > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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