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Firewire refuses to die, but needs help — as hardware becomes rarer, maintainer seeks volunteers for device testing (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 3 months ago by BrikoX to c/linux

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The current maintainer hopes to maintain support until 2029.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

FireWire was a great invention, killed by licensing fees and creating new connectors with every upgrade.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The use of an identical master/slave connector and 12V power were forward-thinking too, too bad most portable electronics back then only accepted 5 V. It even had a non-HD but standardized video interface (DV,) way before MHL and eventually USB-C. I would also prefer daisy-chaining to hubs but not all devices had two ports.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Microsoft discontinued support for Firewire with Windows 10, so Linux is now the only mainstream OS to support the standard.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I have a old PC with a FireWire port. I should check if it runs. I don't have any peripherals to test with however.