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[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Never in my entire life have I ever used FireWire.

[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was my main port for close to a decade.

[–] nonentity@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

I still have a Firewire 800 drive connected through a Thunderbolt 2 adapter in use right now.

[–] toddestan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was noticeably faster for external hard drives than USB 2.0 back in the day (though if anything I miss eSATA).

There's still some Windows XP-era A/V equipment still in use at work that is Firewire.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

...not just faster; firewire devices self-hosted, so they could manage data transfers without your machine needing bus-master interrupts...

so smooth