> I heard from someone internal to Apple that when you use both 400 and > 800 FW that the 800 steps down to 400 rate. Bummer.* * > > *David Bartz* > > Extremist, Anarchist, Evildoer, Banana Slug String Band Head Tree, > Maureen Dowd's Unnecessary Man, Ski Addict, President: Frank Rich Fan > Club, Deputy to La Honda Sheriff Gonzo Strohm, Exegete, Eco-Nazi, > Peacenik. > > La Honda, CA I don't think that is a major problem in the case of using one FF800. MMmm, then you introduce the Hard Drive. There is a fair bit of uncertainty, however, the different HD's out there, certainly don't all behave the same. So, I guess it's a matter of getting some physical experience with different combinations of equipment. Best Regards, Matt _ _ _ _ _ ___ __ _ _ _______________ MATT MCKENZIE-SMITH MUSIC • AUDIO DESIGN • PRODUCTION PO Box 10395, Adelaide 5000, South Australia. Ph.+61 416 197 883 iCHATav. mattrixx@mac.com http://www.mattrixx.net _ _ ___ _ ____ _ _ ________________

<quotes repositioned and trimmed, footers removed by admin> Matt McKenzie-Smith wrote: > I don't think that is a major problem in the case of using one FF800. > MMmm, then you introduce the Hard Drive. There is a fair bit of > uncertainty, however, the different HD's out there, certainly don't > all behave the same. So, I guess it's a matter of getting some > physical experience with different combinations of equipment. Just to review - I have about 3 devices in a FW400 hub (granite digital) and two drives (hot swap granite digital) daisy chained into the 800 port. Do the drives run at 800 or 400? (Actually, the drive cases are IDE, so it's probably only a marginal performance increment to the 400 drives.) I wonder if you can get SATA in an 800 Firewire case?

> > I don't think that is a major problem in the case of using one FF800. > > MMmm, then you introduce the Hard Drive. There is a fair bit of > > uncertainty, however, the different HD's out there, certainly don't > > all behave the same. So, I guess it's a matter of getting some > > physical experience with different combinations of equipment. > > Just to review - I have about 3 devices in a FW400 hub (granite digital) > and two drives (hot swap granite digital) daisy chained into the 800 > port. Do the drives run at 800 or 400? (Actually, the drive cases are > IDE, so it's probably only a marginal performance increment to the 400 > drives.) I wonder if you can get SATA in an 800 Firewire case? > No point, get a SATA PCMCIA card, this will whip any FW800 array as the limiting factor on your drives will be the FW chip, not the HD itself! Mike