Hi John, I¹m surprised the WD drive didn¹t come with a FW800 cable (both my WD drives, so far, came with both FW & USB cables).
However, I¹ve found places like Austin computers (Osborne Park) generally carry a good range of cables though their site at present only seems to show FW400 and FW800 to FW400: <http://www.austin.net.au/ProductList/tabid/103/Default.aspx?Category=CABLE+ AND+CONNECTORS&SubCategory=USB+%2f+Firewire+Cables> I would have thought that any of the Mac sellers would be able to source FW800 cables as a comparison Streetwise (a well known online Mac shop) offer, for example: <http://www.streetwise.com.au/lacie-lacie-flat-cables-firewire-firewire-p-72 24.html> <http://www.streetwise.com.au/generic-firewire-cable-firewire-9pin-firewire- 9pin-p-2342.html> plus longer cables but they get quite expensive. Another local option is Harris Tech (Osborne Park & other locations) who also seem slightly cheaper: <http://www.ht.com.au/part/W5847-LaCie-Flat-Cables-Design-by-item-IEEE-1394- cable-9-pin-FireWire-800-M-6-PIN-FireWire-M-1.2-m-IEEE-1394-orange/detail.ht s> <http://www.ht.com.au/part/X0430-Belkin-IEEE-1394-cable-9-pin-FireWire-800-M -9-pin-FireWire-800-M-1.8-m-IEEE-1394b-white/detail.hts> HTH Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 8/1/10 9:49 AM, John Thompson at jet...@iprimus.com.au wrote: > Interesting article James. > As an aside to this, I have a Mac Mini (2.53GHz, 4 GB ram, Intel Core 2 Duo) > which has one Firewire 800 port. I also have a WD MYbook 600Gig external > drive which has two Firewire 800 input ports. My question; where can I > purchase an appropriate Firewire 800 cable to connect the two? Tried Dick > Smith, Officeworks, and several other computer outlets in Morley, just got the > normal blank look we have come to expect from people who have been immersed > far too long in the PC/Windows world. > > Thanks > > > John E. Thompson > 14 McGlew Street > Eden Hill W.A. 6054 > Ph. 08-92793524 > Mob. 0412 775 197 > Email. jet...@iprimus.com.au > > On 06/01/2010, at 10:30 AM, James / Hans Kunz wrote: > >> why apple is using fw800 interface.... >> http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/185415/firewire_vs_usb_which_is >> _faster.html >> quite interesting read >> James >> >> >> SAD Technic >> Video Productions, Electronic repairs >> U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl >> Bayswater WA 6053 >> +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 >> http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas >> skype: barleeway >> over 40 years in electronics >> >> >> -- 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> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
