Re: what is a firewire ?

From: Louis Boyd (boyd_at_apt0.sao.arizona.edu)
Date: 03/24/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 06:39:28 -0700

G8 | 8======D wrote:
> What's the data transfer speed of firewire?
> USB 2.0 speed is 54Mb/s(?).
> is firewire faster?
>

As with USB various releases of the standard have higher speeds. There
is currently an 800 Mbps firewire standard. 400Mbps is in use in
currently available hardware. I'm not an expert. I suggest google
searches of the standards themselves.

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