[Thinkpad] Re: A30P Firewire Question

Hello,

There are two forms of FireWire (IEEE-1394-1995 or FireWire-400) connectors.
Both the small 4-pin and large 6-pin connectors have four signal lines.
The larger six- pin connector has two additional lines for power and
ground, respectively, to provide power to a plugged-in device. Devices
with the
small four-pin connector have to be self-powered. More details can be found
at the trade association page for FireWire: <http://www.1394ta.org/>

Most computer and electronics superstores sell 4-pin to 6-pin cables and
adapters, so it shouldn't pose much of a problem connecting a device with
one type of connector to the other.

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

At 10:01 AM 10/24/2003, you wrote:
>Message: 4
>Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:46:53 -0400
>From: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
>Subject: [Thinkpad] A30P Firewire Question
>To: "Michael Abbott" <abbottmike@earthlink.net>, "Colgrove, George"
> <George.Colgrove@state.vt.us>, "Victoria"
> <victoria_j_k_lamburn@yahoo.co.uk>
>Cc: thinkpad@stderr.org
>Message-ID: <001c01c39a46$383b3b60$6800a8c0@aoldsl.net>
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>
>
>OK, I got an A30P 1.2 gig
>(Yes, it's for sale)
>It has firewire, a very small square socket.
>I notice that the firewire socket on the Port Replicator is totally
>different.
>Is there more than one type of firewire cable, or is some special adaptor
>needed?
>Thanks for answering the dumb question, I know about USB but not about
>firewire.
>

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Received on Fri Oct 24 20:24:50 2003