Sourav Satvaya to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 month agoSome basic info about USBlemmy.worldimagemessage-square272fedilinkarrow-up11.64Karrow-down144
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minus-squareAniki 🌱🌿linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 month agoFirewire was phenomenal for external hard drives. The speed was almost as fast as the drives so you were rarely limited by the port.
minus-square@Telorand@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 month agoYep, that’s because the actual data transfer was handled by the more capable device, instead of only the guest. I think the standard also required a minimum throughput, iirc, whereas USB only had a maximum.
Firewire was phenomenal for external hard drives. The speed was almost as fast as the drives so you were rarely limited by the port.
Yep, that’s because the actual data transfer was handled by the more capable device, instead of only the guest. I think the standard also required a minimum throughput, iirc, whereas USB only had a maximum.