[X4U] firewire woes

[Randy B.Singer]

B. Kuestner said:

>You're talking about a "powered hub". That is not common for FW- 
>drives. In fact, I didn't even know that FW-drives exist, only that  
>FW can be daisy-chained. Are you sure that although you might have FW- 
>drives you have not attached them via USB?


FireWire drives don't attach via USB.  Though she may have USB drives 
connected to a USB hub.

Just about every FireWire hub that I know of has the option of being run 
self-powered via an AC adapter.

Here are a few examples of FireWire hubs:

<http://www.macmall.com/macmall/shop/detail.asp?store=macmall&source=zwb121
66&dpno=104355&adcampaign=email,zwb12166&wt.mc_id=zwb12166>

<http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo
=1645478&CatId=403>

and my favorite:

FireWire Dino!
http://www.charismac.com/Products/firedino/

All of these FireWire hubs have the option of being self-powered via an 
AC adapter.




Randy B. Singer
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