Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/29

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Subject: [Leica] OT: HELP Nikon scanner neophyte
From: ricc at embarqmail.com (Ric Carter)
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:10:50 -0400
References: <v2mdaaeb97e1004280816scddeabf5idc2ac6da4261e778@mail.gmail.com><20100428155847.GG526@selenium.125px.com><s2jdaaeb97e1004281914ue61366e1l308ef1389bb8ea25@mail.gmail.com><20100429033934.GK526@selenium.125px.com><u2ldaaeb97e1004290945m1941cc90n78fb9fb0c62c8149@mail.gmail.com> <20100429172112.GL526@selenium.125px.com>, <F09137E5CC21469AA15B67128FB504D1@MARC>, <030c01cae7c7$f4da8430$de8f8c90$@net> <COL119-W306683F950EB4DF3EC491D82010@phx.gbl>

my understanding is that firewire has its own chip to negotiate send and 
receive files

and

USB uses your processor to negotiate the handoff thus slowing everything you 
are doing with the machine

i find firewire 400 perceptibly faster than USB2 in ALL cases

ric


On Apr 29, 2010, at 2:25 PM, Greg Lorenzo wrote:

> The Nikon Coolscan 4000 ED runs on Firewire which is rated at either 400 
> or 800 mbps. USB II is rated at 480 mbps, however in the real world both 
> Firewire versions are actually faster then USB II.



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