Fujitsu DynaMO 1300FE, User Manual

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1. Preface
1.1 What is IEEE1394 ?
IEEE1394 is a new interface for connecting a variety of devices such as disk
drives, digital video cameras or printers, to your PC. The IEEE1394/FireWire
interface has the following features:
– Fast serial interface
– Devices are hot pluggable - You can connect or remove a device
without rebooting or reconfiguring your PC.
– No setting or switches are required.
– Up to 63 devices can be connected to one IEEE1394 bus environment
(tree).
– The power can be supplied via the IEEE1394 cable (6pin-6pin).
1.2 System Requirements
for PC users
PC:
IBM PC/AT Compatibles with Pentium 200MHz processor or above
or a compatible processor with an equivalent performance
32MB Memory
CD-ROM Drive
IEEE1394 interface card compliant to the OHCI (*)
*: OHCI stands for Open Host Controller Interface. It shall conform to the
industry standard specification of IEEE 1394 controller chip.
Operating System:
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition or above
for Macintosh users
Macintosh G3 with IEEE1394 (FireWire) interface
Power Macintosh G3 Series (Blue & White)
Power Macintosh G3 Series (Beige, with PCI bus) with FireWire Kit
Operating System:
MacOS 8.5.1 and FireWire 2.0 : minimum
MacOS 8.6 or above and FireWire 2.1 or above : recommended