[WinMac] Re: WinMac Digest #202 - 01/20/99

Dan Schwartz(expresso[at]snip.net)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 21:22:47 -0500

        Dear Pat,

        You raise many valid technical points. But there are other technologies
that work equally well -- Or even better than IEEE 1394 -- for various
needs, such as Fibre Channel/Arbitrated Loop (FC/AL), Universal Serial Bus
(USB), Low Voltage Differential (LVD) SCSI, [SCSI, by the way, is a
parallel transmission technology.]

        In any case, isn't an IEEE standard just that -- An open standard.
Remember the S-100 bus, which became the IEEE 488 bus, which became (if
memory serves me right) the ISA bus?

        Cheers!
        Dan

BTW, what does TCJC stand for?

At 12:24 AM 1/21/99 -0600, Pat Kelly McCarthy wrote:
>Dan,
>
>It is a pleasure to listen to your informative, detailed and well
>explained posts to the WinMac Digest. I'm very glad that you and the
>others take the time to actually explain things (even the terminology).
>
>In response to "Re: [WinMac] Re: Steve is up to his antics... This time
>over IEEE 1394":
>
>Unfortunately, a lot of our favorite technologies have ended in the
>toilet, or just been passed over or passed up by the next technology in line.
>
>Apple has "tried" many innovations and some were left hanging.
>
>I could be wrong, but I don't think FireWire will wind up in the toilet.
> If you have some money, invest it in FireWire (at least for the short
>term) and your living should take a turn for the better.
>
>Man, if I had only had a some shares in Apple at the beginning of last
>year, before Gates invested his $150 million and the imac/G3 took off .
>. .
>
>Although I see Wintel taking over the Domestic college campuses, one by
>one, I wouldn't yet rule out the possibility of Macs selling big in the
>future. Many of their current technologies hold grande promise.
>
>In my guesstimation, if they come out with FiberOpticsFireWire, that
>would be even better than FireWire (isn't this one copper wire based?).
>Until then, on the short term, go for it with FireWire. Go for it with
>G3/G4 copper technology. Go for it with OS-X and 8.6 and beyond.
>
><<<Aside:
>
>(An Apple rep demoed a new G4 with compper technology on the processor
>chip running at 400 mHz the other day on our TCJC-south campus. I
>didn't see it, but was told that he soft-booted Windows 98 on the Mac in
>about 5 seconds. I know the informant must have been exagerating. But
>that is exciting.)
>
>End Aside>>>
>
>I know that the other side is not standing still and that it is all
>posturing (all the claims to be the current #1). But I think the Apple
>Mac actually has the chance of "leap-frogging" the competition over the
>short term. I only hope they don't stand on their laurels for more than
>a minute or two. Basking is not a good thing to do in the technology world.
>
>All the technology starts and stops make the lives of real world techs a
>bit of a headache. It's a guessing game in which they have to choose
>sides to some extent and certainly will get egg on the face because of
>some high-dollar decision they influenced.
>
>Going with Apple has always been the "gamble". Going with Wintel is
>safe. Going with Apple has been fun, but fun doesn't cut it when a
>technology stalls out and you can't figure out how to make what you're
>stuck with work.
>
>That is what this list is for . . . to help alleviate, and hopefully
>eliminate, some of those headaches.
>
>To be honest, I believe that Apple Mac's only have one real good chance
>at playing with the big boys. That is to become the defacto
>cross-platform plug and play engine for all platforms, happily fitting
>into or serving any and all environments. The Apple Mac almost can do
>that right now and certainly is the only platform that even comes close
>at this time.
>
>I for one think the Mac is the most exciting personal computer on the
>market. No other computer or platform offers the diversity or
>capability of a Mac. I would think that any tech would love to have a
>top-of-the-line Mac to play with or work with. Am I wrong? Hope not.
>
>Certainly there are going to be glitches in the systems. That is why
>this list is here and that is why we are glad to have so many great
>sources of information, like Dan Schwartz, like Alex Dearden, like Tom
>Case, like all the others that show up out of nowhere with good
>information. These are the guys that show us users how to make it all work.
>
>Keep up the good work.
>
>
>God Bless us all.
>
>Pat Kelly McCarthy
>
>
>
>>
>> > How can I make the technology work when it just might end up in
the toilet
>> >due to Steve Jobs' antics? Just what I need for my reputation:
Recommending
>> >FireWire to my customers, only to have the support pins knocked out from
>> >under it.
>> >
>

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