NewEgg still lists Firewire cards for PCIe, PCMCIA and ExpressCard.
Flex chose Firewire because it was the only technology that would do the job. Even USB 3.0, which was still new at the time, wouldn't do it. And at the time, Firewire was still widely used for audio and video editing equipment; is it still?
Now that most of the computing power is in "the box" in the 6K series rigs, a lot less "traffic" passes between the rig and the computer you connect to it, so Ethernet is fine.
73 Alan NV8A On 01/17/2016 09:24 PM, Joel Baldwin wrote:
And that pretty much bookends the product line. When you can't build a computer with a 1394 port, it doesn't matter how good the F3K/F5K is. Laptops are pretty much already at that point, I don't think it'll be much longer before desktops are also. While Flex hasn't abandoned the F3K and F5K they have very much moved on to the Signature line. And as much as I hate to say it, as a F3K owner, I'm not sure this is a bad thing. It's not going to happen soon for me, but it's time to start getting ready to move on.
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