Who produces USB external drives compatible with Windows 98SE?

98 Guy wrote in :

Don't think so.

You don't think - what?


I don't think. Not after last night. Give me time...

Lostgallifreyan wrote:
98 Guy wrote in :

Don't think so.

You don't think - what?


I don't think. Not after last night. Give me time...

I think Descartes has (had) the answer...

"Bill in Co" wrote in
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Lostgallifreyan wrote:
98 Guy wrote in :

Don't think so.

You don't think - what?


I don't think. Not after last night. Give me time...

I think Descartes has (had) the answer...




Do tell... I haven't.
Oh wait, the therefore I am bit? His?

Lostgallifreyan wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in
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Lostgallifreyan wrote:
98 Guy wrote in :

Don't think so.

You don't think - what?


I don't think. Not after last night. Give me time...

I think Descartes has (had) the answer...




Do tell... I haven't.
Oh wait, the therefore I am bit? His?

Exactly.
"Elementary, my Dear Watson.." :-)

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Lostgallifreyan writes:
thanatoid wrote in
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Yeah, FireWire is cool, the p[problem is that the only FireWire
devices I have seen are SoundBlaster Audigy sound cards - I have

About the time video started to go digital (though the camcorders were
still using tape), a lot of camcorders used FireWire, though it tended
to be called iLink or something like that. Well, I say they used it: the
interface was there on a lot of camcorders, but I think few computers
had it, so few people actually _used_ it (I fear they probably used
their old VHS systems for _editing_: though probably most people didn't
actually _edit_ anyway. Probably people who use camcorders still don't,
much anyway).

A friend had a video capture unit - named Pinnacle - that had a firewire
interface, and worked noticeably better than the USB video capture units
available at the time he got it: then, the majority of (certainly USB)
video capture units worked at either half resolution, lower than full
frame rate, or both; the few that didn't seemed to struggle, either
because of processing limitations or the USB interface, whereas his
Pinnacle unit seemed to work fine.

a connector on one of mine (I have 3 old computers ranging from
about 18 to 7 years old - but I have never plugged anything into
it. There certainly had to have been SOME devices using FireWire
connection for a while around the turn of the century, but the

Some external hard drives used it too, where speed was important. I
would say it briefly took the place of SCSI in that respect - but for a
very short time.

timing was unfortunate since USB was a lot easier and basically,
universal, no pun intended. I have not seen the term FireWire
mentioned in YEARS, let alone seen a device. But then again, I
don't get out much.

(-:

Nopr does FireWire. Well, it costs royalties every time anyone wants to
make a plug. Mostly, it;s used for audio engineering I think, but also on

Interesting; I had the feeling that video was the only place it was in
any sort of widespread use. (But as I'm not in either trade
professionally, I'm probably wrong.)
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hardware, or a software error. When I first tried it, it was as simple and
primal as hooking up a loudspeaker with a bti of bellwire. It just worked
without me having to give it any more thought than I would a piece of string!
I never saw any other interface except MIDI work that easily.

Yes, when Len first tried it with one of his camcorders, it did seem to
work very well.
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"J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote in
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Nopr does FireWire. Well, it costs royalties every time anyone wants to
make a plug. Mostly, it;s used for audio engineering I think, but also on

Interesting; I had the feeling that video was the only place it was in
any sort of widespread use. (But as I'm not in either trade
professionally, I'm probably wrong.)


Probably right actually, maybe that's why they went for royalties, they
didn't expect to mass-produce enough to make it pay on scale alone. They
self-limited though, in that case. I didn't know it had replaced SCSI even
for a moment, but I did think of it and wish it would. It seemed like
MIDI, but with SCSI's speeds. Obviously in the electronic music scene that is
a strong draw. A sampler might have needed no other interface if MIDI
messages arrived the same way.

Fortunately FireWire's user base is the kind that digs its heels in, so it
will likely survive long term, building a steady following that makes it
impossible to kill off. I mean, if M$ decided that USB was dead, it WOULD
die, right?

"Bill in Co" wrote in
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Lostgallifreyan wrote:
"Bill in Co" wrote in
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Lostgallifreyan wrote:
98 Guy wrote in :

Don't think so.

You don't think - what?


I don't think. Not after last night. Give me time...

I think Descartes has (had) the answer...




Do tell... I haven't.
Oh wait, the therefore I am bit? His?

Exactly.
"Elementary, my Dear Watson.." :-)




I wish I could insert a House and Holmes joke here but I can't think of
one...