Hi, Brian -- So does this mean that the protocol for the "Firewire" interface now *does* include error checking? I must have missed that update in my scanning of techie materials. No argument intended (unlike in my political posts in other forums!); just trying to get accurate information. Cheers -- Carol At 12:10 AM 7/21/03 -0400, you wrote: > >there is no reason to this argument, please do not rely on it. > >no offense to the poster, but firewire has been used for a few years now >as the high speed external bus on apple machines replacing scsi. Hard >drives, cd writers, scanners... are all available for firewire and have >not shown any issues like those described. > >but I would not have any problems using firewire for any of my data >needs... > >usb requires a pc to use... that is why intel likes it. > >firewire can transfer data from one device to another without a pc... that >is why intel didn't like it and now there is USB2.0 ..... granted there is >the usb 5o go initiative but it hasn't gotten very far... > >just wanted to comment on this before too many people read it. > >> >> My understanding is that the Firewire interface, which was developed to >> allow fast transfer of huge low-res video files, achieves its speed in part >> by NOT doing any error checking. In a video file, it wouldn't matter much >> if a few bytes here and there are corrupted, but I wouldn't want to use >> this protocol for any other type of data file (i.e., text, Web graphic, >> even speech). >> >> Cheers -- >> Carol -- Subscription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with subject of "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" toWear-Hard Mailing List Archive (searchable): http://wearables.blu.org Please, *PLEASE* don't subscribe through a forward/expander/false domain
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