From: Mark Gaffney <markgaffney@mac.com>

Date: November 6, 2008 5:15:03 PM MST

To: astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Firewire support...

Hi Milton, I saw you were writing that you thought firewire would be priced at a premium eventually on more expensive Macs because of it`s superior rate of data transfer. Is there support for firewire cameras under such things as Bootcamp or only usb? I`m writing as I`m unfamiliar with the capabilities of Intel Macs & I`m wondering what the future is for firewire cameras without Astro IIDC. I know firewire won`t function through such things as Virtual PC for instance which I have. Is Astro IIDC really becoming less viable with the supplanting of firewire on some models of Macbook. Do you still see a market with the remaining models of Macs that have firewire? I know this is a testy subject for you especially with Job`s avowal of usb as firewire`s possible successor. I`m wondering if there would be any alternative to buying a PC as support for my present & prospective firewire cameras without your software? Mark Gaffney.