On Sep 2, 2004, at 17:56, dan chapman wrote: > Does your hardware have to be made for firewire 800 to get faster > speeds going into the 800 slot? Yes. The hardware you plug into the FW800 slot has to work with the FW800 protocol. > For example, will the Multiface work any better if plugged into the 800 > slot? A RME Multiface will work a lot worse if plugged into the 800 port (in fact not at all), since it's PCI based. It just uses a firewire cable to send data between the PCI card and the break-out box, but the actual data is of a unique RME protocol. All the best Per Boysen --- http://www.boysen.se http://www.looproom.com