This extension allows your Mac to support the IEEE 1394 High Performance Serial Bus standard. Your Mac can then support the use of third-party FireWire hardware and software. The IEEE 1394 standard specifies a cross-platform digital peripheral interface suitable for multimedia devices and many other high performance applications. FireWire's benefits include: fast real-time transfer, plug-and-play, hot swapping. a higher-speed growth path and easy-to-use cables and connectors. Can be used with any PCI-based Mac OS computer running System 7.6 or later. If you do not have a FireWire PCI card, there is no reason to install the FireWire Support Extension. FireWire 2.0 can improve the quality of video recorded from Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) computers to DV devices. FireWire 2.0 also contains new services that enable the use of FireWire disk drives, printers, and other new devices. The FireWire 2.0 installer can only be used on Power Macintosh G3 computers.
