Talk:IEEE 1394/Archive 2004

"1394" vs. "FireWire"
Why do lots of PC makers mark the port as 1394 rather than FireWire? Edward 13:51, 28 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Apple had a trademark on "FireWire" so they had to use 1394 (the IEEE numerical designation), until Apple donated the trademark to IEEE in order to make it the standard name. Philwelch 19:47, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)

about location
"All digital televisions and set-top-boxes that support recording the standard MPEG-2 streams also have FireWire ports."

Perhaps it should be added which country this is true for (USA?). There are several products available in the UK that record MPEG-2 (DVB-T and DVB-S) that don't have FireWire ports. Quig 21:07, 30 Sep 2004 (UTC)

''Interesting. So -- what kind of ports do they have?''

about language
One thing that writers in the encyclopedia and elsewhere in the real world ought to understand is their audience - Writing or speaking is a form of communication... and communication, by definition, has to use words which are in the vocabulary of the person who is reading... I came here today looking for information on firewire - I've used computers for some time - but I find I'm lost in the maze of techno words... I would also suggest at least one image of a firewire cable - with the plug end of it prominently featured. People think visually - and that one image would give them a springboard with which to approach the topic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.208.227.30 (talk • contribs) 12:04, 19 August 2004

Re: Sounds like a good idea! If you happen to have some Firewire hardware lying arround why don't you see if you can add an image of it to this article. Also, I strongly agree that the language is very confusing. I am a Microcomputer analyst who provides desktop support for a major public library. I have never had an ocaision to use Firewire at work and so far have not been able to justify it's use on my personal computer at home. But I imagine I will before long so I wanted to find out how it works. Though I can always look up the technical terms I don't always have time to do that. I just wanted a simple streight forward explanation of what Firewire is and how it works. A laymans description of "Asonchronous" technology as it applies to Firewire would be very helpfull. I am still looking for such an explanation so if I find it I will try to add it myself. In th meantime if annyone else should come across an explanation please add it. Thanks!

pc to pc connect
may i connect the pc to pc with the use of IEEE1394 as UTP connect

how it's possiable

what the pin connections

and is it work on 400 or 800 mbps speed

i have my network with E-net 100 mbps speed and its very slow

tell me scpl_jdp@yahoo.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.65.212.172 (talk • contribs) 04:39, 13 November 2004


 * Answer : yes. Just plugin a normal FireWire cable into both PCs. Under Windows XP it works automagically ;-)
 * The speed is 400 Mbit/s (unless you have FW-800, then its faster)