From: "gaffney.mark" <markgaffney@mac.com>
Date: January 21, 2008 4:18:27 PM MST
To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: New DMK Camera--FireWire or USB?
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Perry Holcomb <hpholcomb@...> wrote:
USB appeared on Macs before Firewire did. So, there
must be an underlying reason, already well described
by Milton, that not only did Apple go to Firewire
after USB 1.1, but they were relatively late in
adopting USB 2.0 to go along with Firewire in their
machines.
My original laptop, a PowerBook G3-400 (Bronze
keyboard), was equipped with only USB 1.1 ports. It
never did perform as it should with accessories
attached to those ports. The reset button on the back
of that laptop became an often-used input.
I cannot say that for Firewire 400. It, at least for
me, has always performed flawlessly, especially if
it's compared to USB. I cannot speak for USB 2.O
since I use Firewire 400 almost exclusively for backup
and transfer of data. The USB 2.0 ports on my two
Macs have peripherals attached that don't really
require a high transfer rate.
I now use a iMac Intel Core 2 Duo desktop and a
similar MacBook both with owner-added enhancements
such as more memory and larger HDs.
I'm very pleased!!
Perry
--- "gaffney.mark" <markgaffney@...> wrote:
--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Jeff Phillips
<imjeffp@> wrote:
Finally going to order a new DMK 21Ax04.US camera.
With my MacBook,
does it matter if I get a USB or FireWire camera?
I'm leaning toward
USB for resale value in a PC world.
Jeff
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http://imjeffp.blogspot.com
I tried running a cheap Skywatcher usb camera
through Virtual PC for Mac but that was
never very reliable and will now not re-load (I
recently had to buy a new HD for my Mac Mini
-I always got a warning it would damage things, I
don`t know if this was the cause) and then
a NexImage usb camera but that would not install
properly. Am in the process of buying an
Imaging Source colour CCD! If you have Leopard you
could try Boot Camp or with Intel Macs
VM ware...? I have my doubts about the efficacy of
usb cables- I was running 15 metres of
inter connected cable back to my computer
inside...Again with the IS camera I hope to use a
long Firewire cable.
I know it`s not the specialty of this site but I originally bought 4 x 5 metre lengths of
usb extender cables and found that the length I left connected overnight quickly broke
down and stopped working. I`m pretty sure it was a usb 2.0 cable. At least Virtual PC can
still be used to run my NexRemote Celestron computer control!
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