At 7:26 PM -0700 5/5/2010, Jonas Lopez wrote:
FireWire cable comes in 6 different versions
Finally got around to dealing with FireWire. Looked and looked, but
could not find any, so gave up and went to Frys.
They have some 6 different versions, 6 wire to 4 wire, 4 to 4, 6 to
6, and more. The question is what is the FireWire that is configured
for our G4, G5 and so on? Any help will be appreciated. BTW I did
purchase the 6 to 6 config for $22.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1394_interface#Standards_and_versions>
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:FireWire-46_Diagram.svg>
The left connector on the above picture is FW400.
The smaller one on the right is FW800.
6 pin cables are FW400, with power.
4 pin cables are FW400, without device power.
Then there are all the odd shaped mini connectors... they're usually
only 4 pin, so no gots power.
$22 for a 6-pin ... seems awfully expensive.
- Dan.
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