[linux-audio-user] New Machine

Steve Harris S.W.Harris at ecs.soton.ac.uk
Wed Mar 19 04:58:49 EST 2003


On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:39:14 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > As I understand it, Firewire drives are basically ATA drives with a 1394
> > adapter built in to them. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, although
> > I have heard of so-called "native" Firewire drives.
> > According to Apple, Jon Anderson is recording his next album using 1394
> > disks and a Macintosh. If it's good enough for him... :-)
> > -- Darren
> 
> This is true for the vast majority of 1394 drives today, and I think
> likely to be true for a long time to come.

But the firewire disk protocol is SCSI based? Or have I misunderstood that
part.

- Steve



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