Re: x86 laptops with 6-pin 1394 connectors?

On Sun, 2003-10-26 at 02:09, Michael D. Crawford wrote:
> Are there any x86 laptops with built-in firewire that have a 6-pin firewire
> connector, and can supply power to external devices?
[snip long story]
> If I can't find a laptop with built-in 6-pin firewire, I won't make firewire a
> priority anymore in my purchase decision, and just use the cardbus card. It
> would be moderately helpful to have the 4-pin firewire so I don't have to monkey
> with a card, but not so much helpful that I would care to pay any extra for such
> a laptop.

My laptop (a somewhat older Clevo 2700C (3 years old)) has a 6 pin
firewire connector (one of the reasons for buying it), but is not able
to provide bus-power to firewire devices, so laptops having a 6-pin
connector are no guarantee that they provide power.

Usually the reason is that it drains the laptop's power too much.

I myself have 2 external firewire disks, 1 uses a regular power-plug, so
I just unplug a monitor somewhere ;) the other requires it's own power
supply... which sucks as it's huge.

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