Mark Knecht writes: > I certainly think EIDE drives are basically fast enough today for > smaller systems, and with 1394 drive kits, you can take an EIDE drive > and make it 1394 in a matter of minutes should you ever want to. > > 1394 is the lowest raw-throughput performance of all 3, but overall I > find it works very well for me. (FYI - I have not done enough Linux > based recording to tell people to ONLY go this way, but I Can say that > about 1394 under Windows.) 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
