6 Ft. IEEE 1394
Data transfer rate of 50 Mbps, compared to
10 Mbps for fast SCSI (SCSI-2) and 20 Mbps for
fast wide SCSI-2. FireWire can supply power
to connected devices, so you don't have to have
a separate power cord for each peripheral. Plug-in
and unplug devices without rebooting your computer.
Cheaper than the SCSI interface. The practical
benefits for Macintosh users could include faster
hard drives, and the ability to play full-motion video
without special hardware or software to compress and
decompress the data. You could also transfer large files
from digital cameras in the blink of an eye!
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