Maxtor FireWire 800 - Manual (Page 5)

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System Requirements
Macintosh
• FireWire 800 requires Mac OS X 10.2.8 or higher
and FireWire 800 (9-pin) equipped computer
• Apple G4 processor or greater
• Mac OS 9.1 or later (FW 800 not supported);
OS X (10.1.2-10.1.5; 10.2.4 or later)
• OS 9: 64MB RAM or more as required by
operating system
• OS X: 128MB RAM or more as required by
operating system
• CD-ROM drive
• Internet connection (for system updates)
Mac OS 9 is compatible only with the FireWire 400 inferface.
Retrospect Express does not work with the Server edition of
the Mac OS.
USB 1.1 is slower than USB 2 or FireWire.
FireWire 800
9-pin to 9-pin FireWire 800
(1394b) Cable
USB
‘A’ to ‘B’ USB cable
The ‘A’ connector, typically, plugs into your computer
and the ‘B’ connector plugs into your drive.
If your computer has a different type of USB
connection, you can purchase the correct type
of cable from your local computer store.
‘A’
connector
‘B’
connector
Though this model has both USB and FireWire interfaces, it is only
possible to use one interface at a time.
FireWire 400
6-pin to 6-pin FireWire 400
(1394a) cable
Many laptop computers, have a smaller 4-pin FireWire port requiring a special
4-pin to 6-pin FireWire cable. This is not included, but can be purchased from
your local computer store.