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Hi

I know nothing about iPods but I want to buy one for my son for Christmas.
The specifications mention FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 for connectivity. I don't
have FireWire and only have USB 1.

Will USB 1 work or do I have to buy a FireWire card for my computer?

Thamks - Joe

"Joe Black" <> wrote in message
news:eWxwd.28372$...
> Hi
>
> I know nothing about iPods but I want to buy one for my son for Christmas.
> The specifications mention FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 for connectivity. I
> don't
> have FireWire and only have USB 1.
>
> Will USB 1 work or do I have to buy a FireWire card for my computer?
>
> Thamks - Joe

I can use my usb2.0 devices, on a usb1 connection so should be sweet -as.
The sales person will give you the correct info anyway

"Joe Black" <> wrote in message
news:eWxwd.28372$...
> Hi
>
> I know nothing about iPods but I want to buy one for my son for Christmas.
> The specifications mention FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 for connectivity. I
> don't
> have FireWire and only have USB 1.
>
> Will USB 1 work or do I have to buy a FireWire card for my computer?
>
> Thamks - Joe

I can use my usb2.0 devices, on a usb1 connection so should be sweet -as.
The sales person will give you the correct info anyway

In article <eWxwd.28372$>,
"Joe Black" <> wrote:

>I know nothing about iPods but I want to buy one for my son for Christmas.
>The specifications mention FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 for connectivity. I don't
>have FireWire and only have USB 1.

You probably mean USB 1.1.

>Will USB 1 work or do I have to buy a FireWire card for my computer?

It should work, but very s-l-o-w-l-y (like 1/30th the speed). FireWire
cards are quite cheap now (less than $100, I believe), so you might as
well get one. Having got one, it will have other uses, such as video
capture from digital camcorders. You can probably even get a dual
FireWire/USB 2.0 card.

In article <eWxwd.28372$>,
"Joe Black" <> wrote:

>I know nothing about iPods but I want to buy one for my son for Christmas.
>The specifications mention FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 for connectivity. I don't
>have FireWire and only have USB 1.

You probably mean USB 1.1.

>Will USB 1 work or do I have to buy a FireWire card for my computer?

It should work, but very s-l-o-w-l-y (like 1/30th the speed). FireWire
cards are quite cheap now (less than $100, I believe), so you might as
well get one. Having got one, it will have other uses, such as video
capture from digital camcorders. You can probably even get a dual
FireWire/USB 2.0 card.

Lawrence D¹Oliveiro said the following on 18/12/2004 8:08 a.m.:
> In article <eWxwd.28372$>,
> "Joe Black" <> wrote:
>
>
>>I know nothing about iPods but I want to buy one for my son for Christmas.
>>The specifications mention FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 for connectivity. I don't
>>have FireWire and only have USB 1.
>
>
> You probably mean USB 1.1.
>
>
>>Will USB 1 work or do I have to buy a FireWire card for my computer?
>
>
> It should work, but very s-l-o-w-l-y (like 1/30th the speed). FireWire
> cards are quite cheap now (less than $100, I believe), so you might as
> well get one. Having got one, it will have other uses, such as video
> capture from digital camcorders. You can probably even get a dual
> FireWire/USB 2.0 card.

The trap here is to watch your PSU loading, Firewire/USB2 cards suck
juice even when no devices are connected and in several cases have put
systems bought to me with problems over the top of the PSU rating
causing those loverly hard to pin down faults.

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Lawrence D¹Oliveiro said the following on 18/12/2004 8:08 a.m.:
> In article <eWxwd.28372$>,
> "Joe Black" <> wrote:
>
>
>>I know nothing about iPods but I want to buy one for my son for Christmas.
>>The specifications mention FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 for connectivity. I don't
>>have FireWire and only have USB 1.
>
>
> You probably mean USB 1.1.
>
>
>>Will USB 1 work or do I have to buy a FireWire card for my computer?
>
>
> It should work, but very s-l-o-w-l-y (like 1/30th the speed). FireWire
> cards are quite cheap now (less than $100, I believe), so you might as
> well get one. Having got one, it will have other uses, such as video
> capture from digital camcorders. You can probably even get a dual
> FireWire/USB 2.0 card.

The trap here is to watch your PSU loading, Firewire/USB2 cards suck
juice even when no devices are connected and in several cases have put
systems bought to me with problems over the top of the PSU rating
causing those loverly hard to pin down faults.

--
>>Follow ups may be set to a single group when appropriate!
================================================== ====================
| Local 40.9000°S, 174.9830°E |
================================================== ====================
"I used to jog, but the ice kept bouncing out of my glass."
There's nothing like a girl with a plunging neckline to keep a man on
his toes.

Joe Black wrote:
> Hi
>
> I know nothing about iPods but I want to buy one for my son for Christmas.
> The specifications mention FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 for connectivity. I don't
> have FireWire and only have USB 1.
>
> Will USB 1 work or do I have to buy a FireWire card for my computer?
>
> Thamks - Joe
>
>


A younger cousin of mine got an Ipod recently and I (being the family
tecchie) had the joy of installing it on the family K62-500 with only
USB 1 running Win ME.

The only major snag was getting alternative software to load songs on, I
think I used Epod or something like that. I was expecting USB 1 to
absolutely crawl on an Ipod but it was fine, a song every few seconds.

Im sure if you wanted to fill up the entire Ipod hard drive in a single
go it would take forever but just casual song uploading is fine.

--
Dogboy

Joe Black wrote:
> Hi
>
> I know nothing about iPods but I want to buy one for my son for Christmas.
> The specifications mention FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 for connectivity. I don't
> have FireWire and only have USB 1.
>
> Will USB 1 work or do I have to buy a FireWire card for my computer?
>
> Thamks - Joe
>
>


A younger cousin of mine got an Ipod recently and I (being the family
tecchie) had the joy of installing it on the family K62-500 with only
USB 1 running Win ME.

The only major snag was getting alternative software to load songs on, I
think I used Epod or something like that. I was expecting USB 1 to
absolutely crawl on an Ipod but it was fine, a song every few seconds.

Im sure if you wanted to fill up the entire Ipod hard drive in a single
go it would take forever but just casual song uploading is fine.

--
Dogboy

In <ldo-> Lawrence D?Oliveiro
wrote:
> In article <eWxwd.28372$>,
> "Joe Black" <> wrote:
>
>>I know nothing about iPods but I want to buy one for my son for
>>Christmas. The specifications mention FireWire 400 or USB 2.0 for
>>connectivity. I don't have FireWire and only have USB 1.
>
> You probably mean USB 1.1.
>
>>Will USB 1 work or do I have to buy a FireWire card for my computer?
>
> It should work, but very s-l-o-w-l-y (like 1/30th the speed). FireWire
> cards are quite cheap now (less than $100, I believe), so you might as
> well get one. Having got one, it will have other uses, such as video
> capture from digital camcorders. You can probably even get a dual
> FireWire/USB 2.0 card.

FireWire PCI card prices have come down a lot in the last couple of
years,

e.g. DSE PCI Card IEEE1394 3 Port $35
http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.sto...product/XH8268

Dick Smith also have a combination FireWire/USB 2.0 card, as well as FW/
USB2/SATA and FW/USB2/gigabit ethernet.

--
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
http://vintageware.orcon.net.nz/
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