Apple G3 Personal Computer User Manual


 
Basics FireWire Technology - 43
buffers to capture digital video. FireWire will gradually
improve upon existing interfaces such as SCSI. FireWire
provides higher speed, lower cost, and is more user friendly
than most existing interfaces. SCSI products such as
scanners, CDROMs, disk drives, and printers are already
evaluating when they will move to FireWire.
FireWire has the bandwidth capacity to replace and
consolidate most other peripheral connection communication
methods in use today. Hot plugging, power sourcing, and
dynamic reconfiguration make FireWire a user-friendly
alternative to today's interconnects. These features will
allow "plugging in" of computer peripherals as easily as
plugging in a home appliance.
The Apple FireWire Digital Video Camera Card
The optional Apple FireWire Digital Video Camera (DVC)