On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Justin Smith <noisesmith@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Justin Smith <noisesmith@xxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:50 PM > Subject: Re: In search of a new laptop for audio - Firewire with > Power-Out needed. > To: Nils Gey <list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Nils Gey <list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I try not to start some flamewar. Normally I can look up my hardware alone, but all the hardware-websites can't help me in one point: >> >> I need a laptop which is able to power my Firewire-Interface (Terratec Phase X24) over Firewire. Do you know if something like this exists? All my laptops in the past (2) were not able to do that. Both had only a "small" firewire-interface. >> >> Nils >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> > > I have a mac g3 (white not clamshell picure here: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ibook12.jpg ) that has a full power > firewire port and runs a stripped down up to date debian system quite > smoothly, with low latency on the builtin sound card. I could be > wrong, but I always thought that the full size firewire plugs were > powered and the smaller ones were not. I think the best solution for this problem is to buy a powered hub. I'm not recommending this one - it was just the first one that came up in Google for me: http://www.pccables.com/cgi-bin/orders6.cgi?action=Showitem&partno=70924&rsite=f.70924 (1394a powered hub) Basically it doesn't mean that you need a second power plug - yoou do not get power from the PC - but you also do not drain the PC's battery powering your 1394 equipment. I believe that there are a few sony laptop models that have a special power out connector to do this sort of thing. The still use the smaller 4-pin connector for the data but have some gizmo to combine the signal port and the port together into a 6-pin cable. I've never used one. Hope this helps, Mark _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
