What uses fire wire?

[emoney123]

I just bought and got the Corsair 400r and it has 1 fire wire port in the front. WHAT USES FIRE WIRE?!? I have never used fire wire before in my life and i was just wondering what i could possibly use with it? Thanks

 

[Dougie Fresh]

Older digital video (DV) cameras and some external HDDs use(d) Firewire. It was part of Apple's thing back in the late 80s/early 90s for connecting consumer appliances to Apple PCs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394

 

[emoney123]

Older digital video (DV) cameras and some external HDDs use(d) Firewire. It was part of Apple's thing back in the late 80s/early 90s for connecting consumer appliances to Apple PCs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394

But why would corsair even put one on then lol it makes no sense!

 

[Tavo_Nova]

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firewire-technology-explained/

http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/mac/2005/07/26/firewire.html


it's a wire in flames ^_^ nah just read those above

 

[cuecuemore]

Many new cases still do have it. It's just for convenience since it was such a common protocol for enthusiast devices a few years back. I don't have that hooked up on the front of my case, but the same goes for my HD audio, USB 3.0, and e-SATA.