1. Preface
1.1 What is IEEE1394 ?
IEEE1394 is a new interface for connecting a variety of devices such as disk drives, digital video cameras or printers, to your PC. The IEEE1394/FireWire interface has the following features:
–Fast serial interface
–Devices are hot pluggable - You can connect or remove a device without rebooting or reconfiguring your PC.
–No setting or switches are required.
–Up to 63 devices can be connected to one IEEE1394 bus environment (tree).
–The power can be supplied via the IEEE1394 cable
1.2System Requirements
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for PC users
PC:
IBM PC/AT Compatibles with Pentium 200MHz processor or above or a compatible processor with an equivalent performance
32MB Memory
IEEE1394 interface card compliant to the OHCI (*)
*: OHCI stands for Open Host Controller Interface. It shall conform to the industry standard specification of IEEE 1394 controller chip.
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or above
for Macintosh users
Macintosh G3 with IEEE1394 (FireWire) interface
Power Macintosh G3 Series (Blue & White)
Power Macintosh G3 Series (Beige, with PCI bus) with FireWire Kit
Operating System:
MacOS 8.5.1 and FireWire 2.0 : minimum
MacOS 8.6 or above and FireWire 2.1 or above : recommended
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