[MacDV] Re: 4-pin & 7-pin s-video cables

[Gerhard Kuhn]

Sony sells both 4 and 6 pin i.link wires, the only difference between 
it and firewire is the name which stems back to when Apple charged a 
licensing fee for using the firewire name.  4 pin wires carry the same 
information at the same speed as the 6 pin the two additional pins are 
for carrying power.

Gerhard

On Jul 10, 2004, at 11:38 AM, Mark M.Florida wrote:

> The main difference between FireWire and i.Link is that "i.Link" 
> devices only have the 4-pin connectors where anything labeled as 
> "FireWire" can have either 4 or 6 pin connectors.