Agree, its not going to the dustbin anytime soon.
Neal Campbell Abroham Neal LLC On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Alan NV8A <[email protected]> wrote: > NewEgg still lists Firewire cards for PCIe, PCMCIA and ExpressCard. > > Flex chose Firewire because it was the only technology that would do the > job. Even USB 3.0, which was still new at the time, wouldn't do it. And at > the time, Firewire was still widely used for audio and video editing > equipment; is it still? > > Now that most of the computing power is in "the box" in the 6K series > rigs, a lot less "traffic" passes between the rig and the computer you > connect to it, so Ethernet is fine. > > 73 > > Alan NV8A > > > > On 01/17/2016 09:24 PM, Joel Baldwin wrote: > >> >> And that pretty much bookends the product line. >> >> When you can't build a computer with a 1394 port, it doesn't matter how >> good the >> F3K/F5K is. >> >> Laptops are pretty much already at that point, I don't think it'll be >> much longer >> before desktops are also. >> >> While Flex hasn't abandoned the F3K and F5K they have very much moved on >> to the Signature line. >> And as much as I hate to say it, as a F3K owner, I'm not sure this is a >> bad thing. >> >> It's not going to happen soon for me, but it's time to start getting >> ready to move on. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > FlexRadio Systems Mailing List > [email protected] > To opt out of the Reflector: > http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz > _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
