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28-02-2008, 12:44 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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FireWire Thumb Drives
Is anyone aware of any FireWire thumb drives in reasonable capacities? ie 1GB plus
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28-02-2008, 01:02 PM
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Regular
Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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never seen a FireWire one. Do they exist?
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28-02-2008, 01:02 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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I don't think they exist...
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28-02-2008, 01:05 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: In a secret red pillar box
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these guys have them up to 8gb
http://www.kanguru.com/fireflash.html
$99 for 1gb though...ouch (US dollars no doubt).
Any reason for going firewire?
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28-02-2008, 01:05 PM
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Pimp My Title
Group: Forum Leaders
Location: Melbourne
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I've seen discussion of them in the past (CubeOwner), but none that are available for sale. I suspect they are an item suitable for the holy grail.
JB
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28-02-2008, 01:15 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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28-02-2008, 01:22 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: http://tinyurl.com/2e3t5c
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28-02-2008, 01:26 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Wellington, NZ
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may i ask for what purpose you'd like one? i'm just struggling to come up with a reason is all...
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28-02-2008, 01:39 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: Melbourne
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Perhaps for someone who doesn't have USB 2.0, but only Firewire? But I guess that defeats the purpose of a thumb drive....
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28-02-2008, 02:09 PM
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Ex-InGenius :p
Group: Regulars
Location: Proud owner of a funky 3x2 in Ellenbrook.
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Firewire drives are bootable, and quite probably very fast.
Stick your OS install on one and boot from it.
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28-02-2008, 02:12 PM
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Resident Pirate
Group: Regulars
Location: Sydney Metropolitan
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Perhaps USB2.0 is actually staggeringly slow in comparison? I've been wondering why there haven't been FireWire Thumb drives for ages. I might get one now.
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28-02-2008, 02:12 PM
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Group: Regulars
Location: In a secret red pillar box
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lutze
Firewire drives are bootable, and quite probably very fast.
Stick your OS install on one and boot from it.
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so is USB
for a flash device the bottlenext would be the fash chips so the advantages of using FW400 over USB2 would be moot.
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28-02-2008, 05:34 PM
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Ex-InGenius :p
Group: Regulars
Location: Proud owner of a funky 3x2 in Ellenbrook.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bartron
so is USB
for a flash device the bottlenext would be the fash chips so the advantages of using FW400 over USB2 would be moot.
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Hmm I've never seen either of my USB external drives show up as bootable before.... I've not checked in Leotard though. Perhaps I've just not been looking for it in general?
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