FireWire Port

The PowerBook G4 computer has one external FireWire IEEE 1394a port. The FireWire port

• supports serial I/O at 100, 200, and 400 Mbps (megabits per second)
• provides up to 6 watts of power when the computer system is on or when the power adapter is connected.
• supports booting the system from a mass storage device
• supports target disk mode

The FireWire hardware and software provided with the PowerBook G4 computer are capable of all asynchronous and isochronous transfers defined by IEEE standard 1394.

"FireWire Connector"

"FireWire Device Programming"

"Target Disk Mode"