firewire?Recommended?

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kiminet
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Post by kiminet »

Is firewire recommended,or will it just cause
a new set of problems like bandwithproblems,IRQ conflicts etc?
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Post by King of Snake »

recommended for what?

Creamware Z-link is basically Firewire technology, no problems there.
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Post by marcuspocus »

And i think it's working better than adat, no sync problems here, no master, no slave...

and 24/96 * 8io !
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Post by kiminet »

I mean:is it working well for use with external hardisk?
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Post by coc999 »

I notice something ,i can not start my mac (for pc i don't know)on an external firewire
disk.The operating system has to be on a
internaly connected disk.A friend of mine has confirm that to me.I thought it is useful to know for apple systems.I profit of this topic to ask if somebody know if i say right or it exist a solution?For the rest of firewire technology i don't know.
bye:)
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Post by marcuspocus »

The ZLink firewire connector CANNOT be use for ANYTHING else than Creamware devices. It use proprietary protocols. Use CANNOT plug a HD, or DVCam, or anything else!


Just to make sure we are talking about the same thing
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Post by snoopy4ever »

Is FireWire good for HardDisk...???
the answer is YES!!.
I have a 40MB Glyph HardDisk, it is awesome!!
I use Cubase and I can use 24 tracks of Audio and the disk activity is no more than 40% of the Disk (play and record). I have a PC, so I had to get the FireWire Adapter, it takes an IRQ out of your sistem, but guess what?.. I can plug other 3 firewire devices on the same card :smile:, that means I save IRQ's after all.
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