Richard Russell wrote:
> I've got a powercenter 120, with a 300 mHz upgrade card, and have convinced
> myself I need to add a firewire port. I added a USB port/card a year or so ago,
> and haven't been too impressed with the results. I have a USB hard drive I had
> hoped to use with it, but it is INCREDIBLY slow. I assume this may be a
> function of the Powercenter's bus speed.
>
> Can you guys: 1) recommend a firewire card that will work well with this model,
> and 2) comment on whether there will be a noticeable improvement in speed with
> a firewire drive compared to a USB drive... I realize firewire is inherently
> faster - but is the bus speed going to cause the same bottleneck as I've
> experienced with the USB port?
I have a Power Tower Pro with a 350 mHz G3 upgrade. Compared to Firewire a USB hard
drive is slow. I added a Granite Digital (http://www.granitedigital.com No
financial interest, just a satisfied customer) firewire card and use one of their
HD cases. More than adequately fast for everything I have done with it. Very
pleased with the Granite Digital products, however, the one caveat is their
firewire cards only run on OS 9.1 and up.
You'll notice a significant speed improvement with a firewire HD vs a USB.
Jack Russell
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