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FireWire Ports

The iMac DV models include two external FireWire IEEE 1394 ports. The features of the FireWire ports are:

• Support serial I/O at 100, 200, and 400 Mbps (megabits per second)

• Share up to 6 watts of power when the computer system is on

• Accept external power input from the bus

The FireWire hardware and software provided with the iMac family computers are capable of all asynchronous and isochronous transfers defined by IEEE standard 1394.

Developers of FireWire peripherals are required to provide device drivers. A driver for DV (digital video) is included in QuickTime 4.0.

It is possible to connect two computers to each other using a FireWire cable, but no software is provided to make use of such a connection.

FireWire Connector