Real FIREWIRE Drive exists from Panasonic/Germany

steve4bears

I have opend an Harddisk VCR and was surprised

by the internal HD wich is a Real 3.5 inch

Firewire HD 80GB with two 4 Pin Connectors and a special (small)power connector.

So, why isn´t Apple using it ?????

Who knows who is building it for them ??

(Label anasonic HDD)



<a href="http://www.panasonic.de/www/Push/de/produkte/1406594333?tmpl=ct_settop_nvhdb1.tmpl"; target="_blank">http://www.panasonic.de/www/Push/de/produkte/1406594333?tmpl=ct_settop_nvhdb1.tmpl</a>;

<a href="http://prodcas.panasonic.de/ein_modell.asp?id=NV-HDB1EC&sGruppenName=Festplatten-Receiver"; target="_blank">http://prodcas.panasonic.de/ein_modell.asp?id=NV-HDB1EC&sGruppenName=Festplatten-Receiver</a>; :eek:

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[ 06-03-2002: Message edited by: steve4bears ]</p>

barto

Cool. Or should I say toll.



Barto

hmurchison

Firewire will not speed drives up. The limitation is in the drives themselves. ATA has BEEN faster than FW for years so FW Native drives are a Solution looking for a Problem.

barto

Firewire bridges are FUGLY. They add to the overall cost AND slow down drive speeds and response time. It's true. See link below for onboard vs. various drive enclosures.



<a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/firewire/OWC_oxford911/G4_500DP-ATTO.gif"; target="_blank">http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/firewire/OWC_oxford911/G4_500DP-ATTO.gif</a>;



You can't get internal ATA-firewire bridges.



As far as native ATA vs. Firewire goes...



With ATA you can only have 2 devices per channel. With Firewire you can have 64 (63 not including the computer).



Firewire sets IDs automatically.



Firewire can supply power to lowish power devices, negating the need for a fugly molex connector.



Firewire is a rounded cable WITH electromagnetic sheilding (less error correction = more speed).



Firewire is hot swappable.



Plus other stuff technical people know that I don't.



Barto



[ 06-05-2002: Message edited by: Barto ]</p>