Hi Merv and Peter, I would be wary of those connectors. Notice they are all on resale sites, none are manufacturer sales. They could be fakes.
As I said earlier, I don't believe it is possible to convert USB to Firewire with just a simple pin-to-pin cable. USB used the PC as the bus master whereas Firewire is a true peer-to-peer connection and required handshaking signals back from the disk drive. Cheers, Carlo On 27/04/2012, at 7:10 , Peter Sealy wrote: > I thought I had a vague memory (at my age all memories are vague) of seeing > USB to Firewire converters somewhere. So I did a quick Google search and came > up with these. I have not looked in depth at any of them and have not > explored any further but the Google search will surely find more info. > > <http://www.ebay.com/sch/sis.html?_kw=USB+A+MALE+TO+IEEE1394+4+PIN+Firewire+ADAPTER+CONVERTER> > <http://www.amazon.com/NEEWER®-Travel-Firewire-Cable-Adapters/dp/B00354MVP0> > <http://www.ask.com/questions-about/Firewire-USB-Converter> > <http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-firewire-to-usb-adapter.htm> > <http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/usb-to-firewire-converter.html> > > Search Google : convert usb to firewire adapter > > HTH > > .............................. > > Peter Sealy > Thurgoona AUSTRALIA > > She was only a whiskey maker, but he loved her still. > > > > On 26/04/2012, at 11:28 PM, Merv Bond wrote: > >> I have been looking on the net at cables, converters and hubs that boast >> connections between USB and firewire. My search is based on wishing to >> connect an external HD with USB3 sockets to my iMac which has a >> Firewire800 socket. Has anyone used such a cable and if so is the >> performance of a quality that is useful? Can a bootable external HD be >> achieved with such a device? >> Merv >> -- >> The whole psychology of modern disquiet is linked with the sudden >> confrontation with space-time. (Teilhard de Chardin, 'The Phenomenon of >> Man') >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
