[thechat] advice on buying a digital camcorder

Bob Davis bob at bobdavis.org
Sun Oct 5 22:41:50 CDT 2003


On Sunday, October 5, 2003, at 08:54 PM, Christian Anderson wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Firewire originated on the mac, but you can use it on the PC as well. 
> Some
> of the newer ones are coming with firewire built in, but if you don't 
> have
> it you can just pick up a firewire card with cables and software for a
> decent price.
>

Firewire is just marketing speak for IEEE-1394.

I'm certain that your computer either has it or will accept a card for 
it.

bob



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