Thread: Firewire Hard discs

Firewire is a technogy for transferring information between computers or their periphial devices like external hard disk drives. In the early 1990's Apple germinated the technology that became Firewire. Its technical name is IEEE 1394, and there are a few updates that have improved change rates. The original was capable of about 100-400 Mb/s on a cable up to 14 feet in length.

Firewire caused its debut on the PowerMac G3 and has since banquet to many other crossroads and computers. Its popularity was due to its ease and its great speed. USB was the closest competitor and it only exacted data transfer rates of about 12 Mb/s. The only problem was that USB had earlier been made for all personal PC, not just Apple, and it had been out first so it was already in use. Firewire was widely used in the amusement business and really won 2001 Time Emmy Engineering Award in 2001 for the affect that it had.

Using Firewire for an extraneous hard disk is a great application of the technology. The cord is relatively small so that movability can be maximized. Now, more than ever, we are sharing data and that means we need ways to carry it. This adds another plug to your already cluttered power strip and the cord needs to be extended with it if you would like to use it on a remote computer.

Firewire is now a very fast change rate that has had a couple of updates since its egression. The first was named IEEE 1384-1995 in 1995, and it was not improved upon until 2000 with the release of IEEE 1384-2000. The newest version, IEEE 1384b is capable of speeds up to 800 Mb/s and is the current stock in Firewire technology.