Re: [microsound] M-Audio Firewire Audio Interface ATTN: Kim

[Ian Andrews <i.andrews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Oh the other nice thing about this box is that it can draw
>power from the firewire bus... which will be nice for all you laptop
>performers out there...

Be very careful with this "feature."  I've heard many accounts of such
devices taking out the firewire ports when hot swapped. This can be a very
costly exercise (particularly on Macs and laptops where the whole logic
board needs to be replaced).

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