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Chat => Entertainment & Technology => Topic started by: addictweb on October 16, 2007, 15:04:40 PM

Title: Converting firewire to USB2.0 ?
Post by: addictweb on October 16, 2007, 15:04:40 PM
I have a mac with two firewire ports and no USB2.0 ports, does anyone know a way of connecting USB2.0 devices to a firewire port?

Any converters available? And USB2.0 firewire hubs?

I cant seem to find a solution.
Title: Re:Converting firewire to USB2.0 ?
Post by: Mark on October 16, 2007, 18:58:01 PM
You cant.

Title: Converting firewire to USB2.0 ?
Post by: addictweb on October 16, 2007, 19:41:41 PM
Dammit.
Title: Re:Converting firewire to USB2.0 ?
Post by: Serious on October 16, 2007, 20:28:28 PM
Seems that you can convert firewire items to run on USB but not the other way around.
Title: Converting firewire to USB2.0 ?
Post by: addictweb on October 16, 2007, 21:04:08 PM
What a pain. Feels like there should be a solution but there doesnt seem to be.

Guess its not a common enough issue.
Title: Re:Converting firewire to USB2.0 ?
Post by: Mark on October 16, 2007, 21:41:12 PM
its the fact that theyre competing standards.

You cant, for example, convert a bluray player to play hddvd
Title: Re:Converting firewire to USB2.0 ?
Post by: Clock'd 0Ne on October 16, 2007, 22:24:21 PM
Firewire is probably marginally better anyway. What are you using it for?
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