[DM-MUG] short Firewire cables?

[Matt W]

generally drive to source (Mac in this case, and I know her setup) is  
6 to 6 FW 400. Most retailers only sell "normal" sizes such as 6',  
9', and maybe 15'. Cyberguys or owcomputing will have the best  
variety including all the pin types and even adapters, though with  
current cable pricing, adapters are a little silly.

FW 800 is also not too common and only truly useful if running an  
external RAID.

matthew

On Dec 3, 2005, at 5:49 PM, Alan Maupin wrote:

> Victoria,
>
> It might be a good idea to specify the type of connector's required  
> on your
> cable.  In my work I use three different cable/connector  
> configurations. 6
> pin to 6 pin, 4 pin to 4 pin, and 4 pin to 6 pin.
>
> [1] 6-pin Firewire/IEEE-1394 connector [to] 6-pin Firewire/IEEE-1394
> connector -- used to connect my firewire hard drives to a desktop PC.
>
> [2] 4-pin Firewire/IEEE-1394 connector [to] 4-pin Firewire/IEEE-1394
> connector -- used to connect my DV Cam to a Dell notebook computer.
>
> [3] 4-pin Firewire/IEEE-1394 connector [to] 6-pin Firewire/IEEE-1394
> connector -- use to connect my DV Cam to a desktop PC.
>
> Most likely you can find firewire cables at Bestbuy, CompUSA and Radio
> Shack.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dmmug-bounces at dmmug.org [mailto:dmmug-bounces at dmmug.org] On  
> Behalf Of
> Victoria L. Herring
> Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 8:27 AM
> To: MUG Des Moines
> Subject: [DM-MUG] short Firewire cables?
>
> I'm looking for short ones - 18"-3' or so....maybe less....is there
> anywhere locally they are sold?  I've found an internet source but
> thought I'd check here.
> -- 
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