Thanks for the various comments. I had assumed that the firewire port at the back of apple's 23 inch monitor (which I have been using for the camera) would be the equivalent of any other FW port - alas no. The camera works fine when plugged into a 'regular' FW port. Jan On 31 Dec 2005, at 00:34, Paul Moortgat wrote: > The distance is 15 meter for FW. > > Paul Moortgat > > On 30 Dec 2005, at 23:32, Philip J Robar wrote: > >> >> On Dec 30, 2005, at 1:05 AM, Jan Melichar wrote: >> >>> There seem to be a limit to the length of firewire cable after >>> which iSight will not work. Is there some relatively simple way >>> of increasing the distance - say 10 meters.? >> >> Look into firewire repeaters. >> >> >> Phil >> -- >> We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal >> opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it. >> -- Edward R. Murrow > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > Listmom is trying to clean out his closets! Vintage Mac and random > stuff: > http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmacguy1984