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Firewire-USB, who invented?
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It's just a little 6-pin to 4-pin adapter they included for those not blessed with 6-pin portsEricNau said:
At that time were the iPods compatable with PC's?Counterfit said:It's just a little 6-pin to 4-pin adapter they included for those not blessed with 6-pin ports
I'm not really sure what you were trying to tell me when you said
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It you were trying to tell me they did support it...I guess they kinda did, in a limited way.
If you were trying to tell me that meant Apple made computers w/ 4-pin firewire, I don't think so (I guess I could be wrong though
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It you were trying to tell me they did support it...I guess they kinda did, in a limited way.
From the 1394 Trade Association
The people who "concieved" of FireWire (Including Mike Teener, whose FAQ is linked above) were all employees of Apple Computer, Inc. in the '80s and '90s.
As the standard evolved, more companies were approached by Apple and became involved in the development of the technology. Eventually, FireWire was proposed as a standard, which was eventually accepted by IEEE.
Saying "Apple invented FireWire" is an oversimplification, but it is still more accurate than saying "Apple did not invent FireWire."
USB was "concieved" at Intel. As with FireWire, many other companies, including Microsoft, contributed to the final USB specifications, but Intel was the largest player. Same thing with PCI slots, for that matter.
Apple was not involved in the development of USB, and was actually fairly late in including it. However, the (original) iMac was significant in that it only had USB, with no "legacy" components. This essentially forced peripheral companies to sell USB devices (which had been very rare before the announcement of the iMac.
The people who "concieved" of FireWire (Including Mike Teener, whose FAQ is linked above) were all employees of Apple Computer, Inc. in the '80s and '90s.
As the standard evolved, more companies were approached by Apple and became involved in the development of the technology. Eventually, FireWire was proposed as a standard, which was eventually accepted by IEEE.
Saying "Apple invented FireWire" is an oversimplification, but it is still more accurate than saying "Apple did not invent FireWire."
USB was "concieved" at Intel. As with FireWire, many other companies, including Microsoft, contributed to the final USB specifications, but Intel was the largest player. Same thing with PCI slots, for that matter.
Apple was not involved in the development of USB, and was actually fairly late in including it. However, the (original) iMac was significant in that it only had USB, with no "legacy" components. This essentially forced peripheral companies to sell USB devices (which had been very rare before the announcement of the iMac.
I actually use mine!reberto said:
Because I'm too lazy to walk into the next room to grab my 4-pin/6-pin cable for importing video