USB to FIREWIRE converter

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I've been looking for some time if there exists a converter between USB
(2.0) and FIREWIRE interfaces. I havn't found anything, but I'm not sure
that nobody has tried to produce such a device. Has someone some information
about this?
Thanks.
Giovanni
 
GRL said:
I've been looking for some time if there exists a converter between USB
(2.0) and FIREWIRE interfaces. I havn't found anything, but I'm not sure
that nobody has tried to produce such a device. Has someone some information
about this?
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Why not just buy a firewire card? It will work MUCH better than USB to FW
converter.

Also, most FW devices can be had in a USB version and many times it's
cheaper.

Personally, I'd rather have FW than USB, but the market doesn't seem to bear
that out (like SCSI is better than IDE)
 
GRL said:
I've been looking for some time if there exists a converter between USB
(2.0) and FIREWIRE interfaces. I havn't found anything, but I'm not sure
that nobody has tried to produce such a device. Has someone some information
about this?
Thanks.
Giovanni
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I kind of doubt it exists. For one thing, it'd likely cost a lot more
than simply buying and installing a Firewire card - I can get a IEEE
1394 PCI card for US$14-18, and a PCMCIA Cardbus card for US$16-25 at,
for example, Newegg.com (in the US).... My experience with USB 2.0 is
that it's quite a bit slower than Firewire - I don't know whether it
could handle a true 400Mbps rate.

Of course, I don't know what's available wherever you are (Italy?),
but I'm assuming you could get similar pricing.....

Good luck in your search!
ECM
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