[FW] FW400 > FW800 Daisey chaining?

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yes - computer to 6 pin port on enclosure A

enclosure A 9 pin port to enclosure B 9 pin port

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On Dec 30, 2004, at 2:15 PM, Dale Hoffman wrote:

> 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
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>> you can daisy chain from any firewire port
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>> 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)
>>
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>> On Dec 30, 2004, at 9:13 AM, Dale Hoffman wrote:
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>>> 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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