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Officially known as IEEE 1394, the FireWire standard was developed by Apple in collaboration with other tech companies, including Sony and Panasonic.

And therein lies the problem - two of the most notorious lock-in companies helped develop it.

> Officially known as IEEE 1394, the FireWire standard was developed by Apple in collaboration with other tech companies, including Sony and Panasonic. And therein lies the problem - two of the most notorious lock-in companies helped develop it.

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Ehhh....I don't think I have any firewire anything anymore.

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I have one device left, a Grass Valley (Canopus) S-Video to DVI conversion box. It was great because you could tell it to ignore macrovision with a "hold this button down until the frame freezes for a second" push.