FireWire Ports

The Power Mac G4 computer includes two external FireWire (IEEE 1394) ports on the rear panel of the enclosure. The FireWire ports

• support serial I/O at 100, 200, and 400 Mbps (megabits per second)
• provide 15 watts of power when the computer system is on
• support up to 62 devices
• provide bus repeating capability as long as the computer is connected to AC power.

The FireWire hardware and software provided with the Power Mac G4 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 and later.

For more information about FireWire on Macintosh computers, please refer to the Apple FireWire website and the other sources listed in "FireWire Interface".

"FireWire Connector"

"Booting from a FireWire Device"

"Target Disk Mode"