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Technical Help & Discussion => Self Building, Upgrading & General Hardware Help => Topic started by: Lona on January 14, 2003, 16:16

Title: What does this mean
Post by: Lona on January 14, 2003, 16:16

I am looking the spec of my PC. What does IEEE1394 mean?  ???

Title: Re:What does this mean
Post by: Sandra on January 14, 2003, 16:20

In what context Lona ie where does it say it  ???

Title: Re:What does this mean
Post by: Clive on January 14, 2003, 16:29

I think it refers to a standard for low power consumption Lona.

http://www.necel.com/english/system/1394/

and

http://www.1394ta.org/Technology/index.htm

Title: Re:What does this mean
Post by: Lona on January 14, 2003, 16:53

that second site was very interesting Clive. It seems that 1394 is the thing of the future and all appliances will have it when analogue products disappear from the shops. Well I have it and didn't know what it was. Ignorance is bliss ;D ;D ;D. I don't own a digital movie camera so I don't edit movies but you never know I might become Lona Speilberg one of these days ;)

Title: Re:What does this mean
Post by: Adept on January 14, 2003, 18:48

1394 is more commonly known as Firewire. It is most commonly used at the moment for connecting Digital Video Cameras to PCs in order to download the movie files.

I think Sony calls it I-Link on their cameras and notebooks.

Title: Re:What does this mean
Post by: bat69 on January 14, 2003, 19:12

Its also useful for linking hi-tec audio equipment to pc for auto programming ... ie synthesizers

Title: Re:What does this mean
Post by: Clive on January 14, 2003, 19:33

Lona Speilberg trips off the tongue very easily doesn't it?   ;D  You better start practising now but go easy on the scary stuff.

Title: Re:What does this mean
Post by: daveeb on January 15, 2003, 10:38

you can run some (expensive) external hard drives via firewire also.  supposedly as fast as the internal ones.