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Apple Abandoned It. I Saved It with a Raspberry Pi.

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Source: Jeff Geerling
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  • description: Video like it's 1999. Welcome to #MARCHintosh, FireWire edition! Shop Micro Center's Monitor Madness Event: https://micro.center/1eb0c8 Sign up for a FREE 128 gig Flash Drive at Micro Center's Newest Store: https://micro.center/c1a7b6 Visit Micro Center News: https://micro.center/310248 Links to things I mentioned in this video (some links are affiliate links): - How to use FireWire on a Pi: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/firewire-on-a-raspberry-pi/ - Equip-1 Firehat: https://equip-1.c-e.group - Equip-1 Firehat Crowd Supply page: https://www.crowdsupply.com/computer-equipment-group/equip-1 - Open MRU: https://www.reddit.com/r/tapeless/comments/1n3aqsk/open_mru_raspberry_pi_5_based_mrucapture_device/ - toqer tv's video on Open MRU: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa4BIMdgVtM - StarTech IEEE 1394 Mini PCIe FireWire card: https://amzn.to/4lRrQeU - GeeekPi PCIe to Mini PCIe HAT for Pi 5: https://amzn.to/47U0vFj - PiSugar 3 Plus: https://amzn.to/4uy23Oe - FireWire Intro at MacWorld SF 1999: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP5aLoRozt8 - This Does Not Compute - GL2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqCO4Z_VP3c Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff Contents: 0:00 - Intro like it's 1999 0:34 - Look ma no tape 1:48 - MRUs 2:34 - FireWire 3:12 - You can still buy FireWire cards 3:37 - Tape test and the GL1 8:03 - Editing on Apple's fastest G4 10:24 - Why did FireWire stick around for 26 years 11:53 - No tape for the tapeless 12:32 - FireWire on a Pi attempt 1 13:48 - Firehat and PiSugar demo 15:30 - Firehat's simple UI 17:04 - Conclusion like it's 1999
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