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GT 050Q
Q: How do I connect the GT 050Q to my eSATA equipped computer?
Use an eSATA cable (not included) between the eSATA port on your computer and the port
on the drive. We strongly recommend you use high quality external SATA cables. Low
quality cables do not offer the proper shielding and durability that high quality cables
offer, and may allow data to be corrupted.
Q: How do I connect the GT 050Q to my USB equipped computer?
Use a USB cable (not included) between a USB 1.1 or 2.0 port on your computer. The cable
needs to have an "A" connector at the computer end and a "B" connector at the drive end.
Q: I'm still running Mac OS 9 or Win/ME. Can I still use the GT
050Q?
Yes. You can connect use either the "S400" port or the USB port on the drive to your OS 9
or Win/ME computer.
Q: What's FireWire 800?
A high-speed version of IEEE-1394b FireWire. FireWire 800 uses the IEEE-1394b "Beta"
protocol (data-transfer language) to improve performance and efficiency.
Q: What are the differences between FireWire 800 and FireWire 400?
Speed and Protocol. a) FireWire 800 has a max transfer rate of 800 Mb/sec (about 100
MB/sec peak). FireWire 400 has a max transfer rate of 400 Mb/sec (about 50 MB/sec
peak). The higher bus speed helps with things like large file copies and RAID, where
FireWire 400 bus speed can be a limiting factor. B) FireWire 800 uses IEEE-1394b "Beta"
protocol; FireWire 400 uses IEEE-1394a "DS" protocol.
Q: What's Beta?
A FireWire protocol (data transfer language) defined in IEEE-1394b. It is much faster and
more efficient than the "DS" protocol used in IEEE-1394a (FireWire 400). Beta is what
permits the higher speed and performance of FireWire 800. The Beta protocol can only
use the new 9-pin connectors.
Q: What's Bilingual mean?
"Bilingual" refers to a port that can use either the new "Beta" protocol or the old "DS"
protocol. The FireWire 800 ports on the GT 050Q are Bilingual, meaning that they adjust
their protocol to match whatever they're connected to. A Bilingual port connected to
another FireWire 800 port will use the Beta protocol and run at FireWire 800 speed; but if
it's connected to a FireWire 400 port, it will use the DS protocol, and therefore will be
limited to S400 speed."Bilingual" also refers to a cable that connects a Bilingual S800
9-pin port to a FireWire 400 6-pin or 4-pin port, for backward-compatibility.
Q: Does Glyph sell Bilingual Cables?
About the GT 050Q
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