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FireWire Device Programming

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

The Power Mac G4 computer can boot from a FireWire storage device that implements SBP-2 (Serial Bus Protocol) with the RBC (reduced block commands) command set. Detailed information is available only under non-disclosure agreement; contact Developer Technical Support at dts@apple.com.

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.

For additional information about the FireWire interface and the Apple APIs for FireWire device control, refer to the resources available on the Apple FireWire website at

http://developer.apple.com/hardware/FireWire/index.html

or send electronic mail to

firewire@apple.com


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