[FW] FW400 > FW800 Daisey chaining?

[Dale Hoffman]

Just to be clear - Use FW400 cable from computer to single FW400 port 
on DRIVE A. Then with a FW800 cable connect DRIVE A out of its FW800 
port to DRIVE B's FW800 port?

DaleH


>you can daisy chain from any firewire port
>
>when connecting from a firewire 400 device to a firewire 800 device, 
>the firewire 800 device will act as a firewire 400 device (in terms 
>of speed/performance)
>
>regards and happy new year
>
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>On Dec 30, 2004, at 9:13 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote:
>
>>I just bought two Firewire drives equipped with FW400 and FW800 
>>ports. I don't have FW800 connections on any of my computers and 
>>was hoping to daisey chain these two drives. My other FW drives 
>>have two FW400 connections to allow this, but these drives have (1) 
>>FW400, and (2) FW800 connections. Can I connect the drive to the 
>>computer via the FW400 connection and then daisey chain the next 
>>drive via the FW800 connections?
>>
>>DaleH
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