[MacDV] Re: Digital video/analog converters

[Illovox Media]

on 12/1/02 1:35 PM, Mark M. Florida at markflo at mac.com wrote:

> Illovox Media wrote:
>> on 12/1/02 10:26 AM, Enrico Febbo at efebbo at scivac.it wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Just the same, but for my Formac studio. .... It works fine
>>> with Premiere 6.5 (and iMovie of course) on my PB 550
>> 
>> 
>> How do you input to the pb exactly?  That machine does not support firewire
>> so I am curious
> 
> Huh?  Doesn't support FireWire?  All PowerBooks since the "Pismo" G3
> 400/500 PowerBooks had built-in FireWire.  And even older G3 PowerBooks
> can have FireWire added via PC-card for a fairly nominal price (under
> $100 I think).  Judging by the speed listed here (550), it's a G4
> PowerBook at 550 MHz, and that has FireWire built-in as well.
> 
> - Mark

The PB 550 is a Japanese version of the 540 and the 520, none of which had
firewire.  A 550 mhz G3 or G4 unit is not called a PB 550, and therein lies
the confusion