Re: Firewire (WAS: Packing a laptop setup (with trombone) into bags)

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

That is so terrifying. Fire wire, indeed!

USB cables can also carry power, would you suppose that that the same 
risk applies? Cables undergo stress and eventually fail as a matter of 
course. If the cable is going to jeopardize the equipment, I would limit 
myself to buying things that had an independent power supply and only 
sent signal over the wire.

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
www.chinapaintingmusic.com
 
 
> The firewire connectors are pretty fragile, and certainly the circuit 
> board in Matthias' firewire guitar fried do to a bad connection.
> I think it was the socket in that case, but the overall design isn't
> robust. ( certainly not good to use a guitar lead )
>
> The cable carries power, and there isn't much separating the power 
> connection
> to the signal connection. 
> andy