Apple Computer has almost single-handedly succeeded in turning USB into an accepted interface standard. Sony, Apple, and others are currently making FireWire into the industry standard for multimedia.

Can I build an IP network that connects a Windows XP machine to a Mac OS X machine using a FireWire (IEEE 1394) connection? Yes, because the most recent versions of Mac OS X and Windows XP support TCP ...

The computer that is connected to port 1 has control of the device. if you unplug port 1 then the device is under control of the computer on port 2. But if you plug in the other system again it ...