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| | DV & Firewire Central: Area 1394 by Roger Jennings |
 | | An interface device or dongle that allows all IDE devices to be connected to IEEE 1394 and the operating system will support booting from this device." IDE-over-1394 stems from the Device Bay specification, which was still under NDA wraps on July 1, 1997. |
 | | One of the lesser-known applications for 1394 is the Video Electronic Systems Association (VESA) home network (HomeNet) that's proposed to tie together PCs, TV sets, set-top boxes, audio gear, thermostats, and other household appliances by a combination of room-to-room, in-wall wiring and local conventional 1394 cabling. |
 | | 1394 is convenient and economical; it lets you multiplex video, audio, SMPTE drop-frame timecode, and device control over a single, low-cost cable. |
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