[MacDV] Question about FireWire external HD

[Thubten Kunga]

The drive is unnecessary. Just put a Crossover Ethernet cable between 
the two Macs. You can't do what you suppose. I don't know what would 
happen. But I'm pretty sure it won't be pretty. Don't try it.

k

On Thursday, February 13, 2003, at 05:36  PM, Eric Stauffer wrote:

> Folks,
>
> One question that has probably nothing to do with the discussion list, 
> but there are probably quite a few people that can answer me here.
>
> If I take my firewire external hard drive and connect it to my 
> PowerBook and then use the second FW port in the external hard drive 
> and connect simultaneously to my iMac, what happens? Will both the PB 
> and the iMac motherboards go ballistic and even Steve Jobs will not be 
> able to recognize them after, or will I create a nice high speed 
> bridge in between my PB and my iMac?
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> Have a great evening,
>
> Eric