On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 09:25, Darren Landrum wrote: > 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 This is true for the vast majority of 1394 drives today, and I think likely to be true for a long time to come.
