Re: KAT5 FAQ Online WAS Newbie Questions

[Mick Furlong <dorsai@xxxxxxx>]

Keith

Thanks for the response afraid I can't help with you with a donation
although the way prices are dropping they are becoming more affordable
and they are great fun  especially with a DV card on the PC.

The main limitation is 4.5M between devices(or repeaters) I have
looked around for something that will boost the distance but no joy so
far. It is only 6 wires so should be amenable to some sort of
boosting. Two of the wires only carry power which isn't strictly
necessary but I think it may mean some devices won't communicate
without it...on second thoughts my PC to Cam cable only has 3 contacts
plus the casing at the PC end and it is the power that has gone.

Maybe I should dig out some speaker wire and do some tests ;) only
kidding ;)

Oh well off to search for a solution.

Oh one last question does anyone know any details on the fibrechannel
connection for disc drives? I have a been given a couple but as far as
I can figure they really only operate on high end server systems such
as SUN and I want to connect them to my PC....Nothing to do with HA
but there ya go ;)

Mick



I guess On Sat, 7 Oct 2000 20:44:32 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi Mick,
>
>Firewire will indeed become a defacto standard for home AV distribution
and
>that it was it has been designed for. This means that just like USB you
will
>be able to by mass produced products for very little money.
>
>For that reason alone, it is not worth me trying to develop anything
for
>Firewire, also to develop something you have to be able to test it and
I
>dont have any Firewire kit. Of course, if someone were to donate a
digital
>camcorder for me to play with then it might be different :-)
>
>Keith
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mick Furlong [mailto:dorsai@xxxxxxx]
>> Sent: 06 October 2000 17:23
>> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] KAT5 FAQ Online WAS Newbie Questions
>>
>>
>> Keith
>>
>> just as I think your system can do everything with regards
video/audio
>> I come up with another :)
>>
>> How about a Firewire/iLink/ieee 1394 module for those of us with
>> digital video cameras ?
>>
>> I have one and I think from reading Marks page he has one as well.
>>
>> Firewire is also being touted as the future for high bandwidth
>> connections  and is supposed to start appearing on more consumer
>> devices.
>>
>>
>> Mick
>>
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