linux firewire recommendations

[ronnie gauthier]

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003 08:59:43 +0100 - Roger Oberholtzer <roger at opq.se> wrote the
following
Re: Re: linux firewire recommendations

snip

>Something tells me, by all the firewire/USB2 combo thing out there, that the
>two are more similar electrically than one may think. I have never checked.
>

I dont know how close they are. I know that firewire(i.link) mostly uses hubs
that can be used as repeaters. You can chain out to 70meters of hub and cable.
I have no idea if usb or combo hubs can do that.
i.link is a Sony developed thing. The same people who brought you the 3.5
floppy.



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