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[PeterW]

Sorry I think calling it a cable is somewhat deceptive (that Ben has linked to), I think it should be called a convertor or something. We were talking about the next to useless adaptors that allow you to plug a firewire device into a USB port but don't actually have any logic in them. USB to IEEE 1394 4 PIN FIREWIRE TRAVEL CABLE (5 feet) on eBay, also Printer Cables Extenders, Cables Connectors, Desktop Laptop Accessories, Computers Networking (end time 15-Dec-08 17:03:10 GMT) I guess it would work if the device supported the USB protocol over the firewire connection, although this would be in violation of the USB spec.

[dhicks]

Originally Posted by PeterW

You might be able to physically plug it in but you wont get any comunication, do you have the link for it out of interest?

Drat.

See 6 Mini USB Travel Kit Cable Firewire 1394 Adapters on eBay, also, Firewire, Cables Connectors, Computing (end time 11-Dec-08 10:06:31 GMT)

I particularly like the way it said "2,000 available" when I bought one and now says "1,999" available, like no-one else was daft enough... Meh, £2.50, ah, well. Have just found a spare firewire PCI card...

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David Hicks