[X4U] firewire hub

[Stroller]

On 23 Jun 2006, at 16:40, Jan Melichar wrote:
> ...Until now I assumed that daisy chaining was normal and proper  
> practice but if not could someone please give me/us the lowdown on  
> this as my hard drives are multiplying!

It is normal & proper practice, but Technology Isn't Perfect, which  
is why Randy recommended extra ports plugged into the PowerMac's PCI  
slots. Personally, I don't care about sharing bandwidth between  
simultaneously operating high-speed devices, and for occasional use  
daisy-chaining works fine for me, but if you keep firewire hard- 
drives plugged in long-term then a PCI card is likely to be more  
stable & reliable (provided you find one supported under OS  
X.whatever.you.use, of course).

Stroller.