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Objective Overview
Macintosh
versus
Windows
platform.

Communicatio
n devices. Connections.

CONTENT

Memory and
Output
Storage
devices.
devices.

Input
devices.

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Connections
The various connection methodologies include:

Small
Integrated
Computer
Drive
System
Electronics
Interface
(IDE).
(SCSI)

Universal FireWire
Serial Bus and i.LINK
(USB). (IEEE 1394)

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 Small
Integrated
Computer
Drive

Connections
System
Electronics
Interface
(IDE).
(SCSI)

SCSI Universal FireWire

Serial Bus and i.LINK
(USB). (IEEE 1394)

SCSI can connect internal and external

peripheral equipments and devices that
conform to the SCSI standard.
SCSI cards can be installed on Macintosh and
PC platforms.
SCSI is preferred for real‐time video
editing, network servers, and situations
that require mirroring.
SCSI ID conflicts should be avoided by
providing unique IDs to devices.

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 Small
Integrated
Computer
Drive

Connections
System
Electronics
Interface
(IDE).
(SCSI)

Integrated Drive Electronic Universal FireWire

Serial Bus and i.LINK
(USB). (IEEE 1394)

IDE connections are also known as

Advanced Technology Attachment
(ATA).
They connect only internal
peripherals.
They can connect four peripherals
mounted inside the PC.
The circuitry for IDE is less
expensive than SCSI.
IDE utilizes processor chip time.

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 Small
Integrated
Computer
Drive

Connections
System
Electronics
Interface
(IDE).
(SCSI)

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Universal FireWire

Serial Bus and i.LINK
(USB). (IEEE 1394)

It is a standard for connecting

devices to the computer using the
plug-and-play system.
USB uses a single cable to connect
127 USB peripherals to a single
PC.
It can be attached to one computer
at a time

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 Small
Integrated
Computer
Drive

Connections
System
Electronics
Interface
(IDE).
(SCSI)

Firewire Universal FireWire

Serial Bus and i.LINK
(USB). (IEEE 1394)

FireWire was introduced by Apple in the

1980s.
It is the industry standard and provides
support for high‐bandwidth serial data
transfer, particularly for digital video
and mass storage.
Can connect multiple computers and
peripheral devices (peer‐to‐peer).
It is the most common method for
connecting and interconnecting
professional digital video equipment.

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Memory
Memory requirements of a multimedia project depend on the
project's content and scope.
The two types of memory are random access memory (RAM) and
read only memory (ROM).

RAM ROM
RAM enables the ROM is non-volatile. The BIOS
simultaneously running of program that boots up the
many applications. computer resides in the ROM.

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Memory
RAM VS ROM

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Memory
RAM VS ROM

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Storage Devices

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 Storage Devices
Syquest • Is a removable storage medium and can hold 44 MB of
cartridge data.

Zip
• Is inexpensive and can hold 100MB of data.
cartridge

Jaz • Is a removable storage medium that can hold 1GB of

cartridge data.

Magneto‐
• Is rewriteable and uses a high power laser. It is suitable
optical
for archiving data.
drive

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 Storage Devices
• Is a inexpensive, removable, and portable device for storing
binary data.
Floppy disk
• They are made of flexible mylar plastic coated with a thin layer
of special magnetic material.

• Is a non-removable mass-storage device, and has a higher data

Hard disks
• storage capacity and data transfer speed.

• Small storage devices that can be integrated with USB or

Flash or FireWire devices.
Thumb • More reliable than disk drives.
Drives • Small printed circuit board encased in sturdy metal or plastic.
• Usable, trendy, and convenient.

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 Storage Devices
• CD-ROM player is an important delivery medium for large, mass-
produced multimedia projects.
CD‐ROMs • CD Recordable (CD-R) - Is very inexpensive, and suitable for short-
run distribution of finished multimedia projects. These write-once
CDs can be used as high-capacity file archives.

• Is an optical disc technology for distributing multimedia and

Digital feature length movies.
Versatile Disc
• They provide sharp and detailed video resolution.
(DVD):
• The two types of DVDs are DVD-video and DVD-ROM.

• Driven by the implementation of HDTV and by the motion picture

Blu‐ray Disc
industries.

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