Thank you, Jack and Tim, for your explanations. I'm not all the way up to speed yet, but this is a good start.
Jack said -- <It is a much faster means of connectivity . USB 1 is theoretically 12 mps , fire wire is approximately 40 times faster. (USB 2 was developed as a Firewire competitor, with the advantage of being backwards compatible with USB 1.) The acceptance of Firewire wars are pretty much over, even the wintel beige box guys include it now. It's the dominant connectivity with DV video cameras and a lot of high bandwidth prosumer devices.> What's a "prosumer" device? And, about Firewire, do I really need it, seeing how I don't do anything video at all, not even taking pictures with a digital camera? <It can be added to a Beige G3 with a PCI card, but you need to download the necessary extensions from Apple to make it work as no knowledge of Firewire was not built in to the Beige. The technology was still in it's infancy when the Beige was produced. .> also Tim said close enough to these lines -- <Your Beige is a different series G3 than the B&W's which also came with different operating systems. You both can install a firewire card as long as you have the operating system or extensions to support it.> Oh, OK, so that's why I don't have it unless I go to the trouble of someday buying it, downloading the proper extensions and installing it. Understood. But just one thing. How come, if you know, Apple still called the B&W a G3 when it was more advanced than the Beige and also required a higher OS to run? That's really confusing of them. Thanks again. ~Yersinia. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
