IEEE 1394
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Search complete. 26 mentions across 10 episodes found for "IEEE 1394".
Sep 11, 2026
Andy OthlingHOST
And the FDB, that's me.
Andy OthlingHOST
But no, I've been seeing stuff about how imminent Mac updates are going to... not have FireWire support.
Andy OthlingHOST
So like I'm doing a FireWire to USB-C dongle, right? To connect to my thing, to my Mac.
Andy OthlingHOST
And it's just like, I keep seeing all these warnings and I'm like, I'm like eight, nine years into having this be the main thing you know, of anything.
Andy OthlingHOST
Like, I'm using it right now.
David Lee ScalesHOST
You mentioned 11-foot glider for slow days.
David Lee ScalesHOST
Clyde Beatty Jr., a new board debuted at the show, needed a Fin set from NVS, a Firewire, an unspecified model, a Ryan Sakel Sabre, a Wayne Rich, B-Dog quad.
David Lee ScalesHOST
You get the point.
Scott BassHOST
Yeah.
Vince NicholasHOST
Is it mini or micro? There's a difference.
Vince NicholasHOST
RCA, is it component or the yellow, red, and white? Toslink, VGA, DVI, 3.5mm, DisplayPort or Mini DisplayPort, S-Video, Speaker Banana Plugs, Coaxial, are we out here stealing cable Green Lantern, SATA, FireWire, RJ11, RJ45? Just don't tell me it's scuzzy.
Vince NicholasHOST
They reveal the actual lantern.
Vince NicholasHOST
I was expecting more.
Darren HupkeHOST
Yeah.
Darren HupkeHOST
But in that fat PS2 model on the front, in addition to the two USB 1.1 ports, there was what Sony called an iLink port.
Darren HupkeHOST
That actual port is, if you want to get technical with it, it's an IEEE 1394 connection port.
Darren HupkeHOST
That protocol has also been used by other companies.
Darren HupkeHOST
I mean, the games that always stood out to me, we talked about this a little before we started recording, but to me, when you can maximize technology and just put it to its limits, TimeSplitters 2 always came to mind.
Darren HupkeHOST
That is a game that I owned.
Darren HupkeHOST
I remember seeing this specific little call-out on the back of the case that it supported the iLink cable.
Darren HupkeHOST
But if you link together two PS2s, you also had two multi-taps and then brought eight controllers together.
Carson BruceHOST
Yeah,
Garrett MillerGUEST
and I mean, I used to have, I've still got so many cables that are like FireWire 400 to 800 or
Carson BruceHOST
800.
Carson BruceHOST
And then when the MacBooks, you had to have so many different adapters to the MacBooks too.
Guy SerlePANELIST
Well, does that also include the ability to go out from...
Guy SerlePANELIST
Um, God, I almost said Firewire.
Guy SerlePANELIST
What am I thinking? Thunderbolt.
Guy SerlePANELIST
Thunderbolt.
Liam ProvenGUEST
ex post facto, and I started using Mac OS 10.
Liam ProvenGUEST
And when my bodged together Mac with all these dodgy third party upgrades, SATA controller, FireWire controller, USB controller, extra graphics card, faster CPU, it crashed a lot.
Liam ProvenGUEST
So I used Linux on laptops when the Mac fell over.
Liam ProvenGUEST
But a couple of years ago, I wrote a piece for The Reg on using Windows XP in 2023 or something, partly at reader demand.
IanHOST
Oh, you need a
DaveHOST
FireWire 400 or 800 cable.
DaveHOST
I got you.
DaveHOST
Right.
IanHOST
You need a FireWire and a serial? Oh, I have one.
DaveHOST
I have a FireWire wall charger within arm's reach.
IanHOST
Wow.
IanHOST
Yeah.
Jeff GametPANELIST
We can live in hope, Webb.
Marty JenciusPANELIST
I want FireWire.
Jim ReaPANELIST
Wait, something happened to the Lightning connector? There's one right here.
Marty JenciusPANELIST
Good.
Dave PlummerHOST
No.
Glenn HodgesHOST
And then he says, "In the olden days, this was also a problem with FireWire and USB audio devices.
Glenn HodgesHOST
The latency would change at every reboot."
Dave PlummerHOST
Oh, really? Well, see, with ethernet you can make it deterministic if there are no collision domains.