On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 01:36, Steve Harris wrote: > 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 Yes, as much as I understand SCSI software today, they both run SBP2 protocols.
