• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    It’s not just for a macboook, it’s for the miniDVI camera I used for 8 months in 2005 to make crappy interlaced art films.

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      2 days ago

      Exactly. I’ve never owned Apple anything and I’ve used 4-, 6-, and 8-pin FW cables all the time. My camcorders used it. My DJ turntables and 4-channel mixer did as well.

      I miss being able to just daisy-chain all of it together, which reduced the number of ports you needed on the back of your PC. You could literally get away with having just 1 or 2 ports. USB never had that (and still doesn’t). It’s a shame that FireWire died off when IMO it should have continued to evolve and eventually replaced USB.